ZERBST AIRFIELD.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400450007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY __-w__ 4r'r :?anRr (Soviet ,ono) bnou1Ty " TI 9pORT NO.
TOPIC_~~ erbst !Airfield?.
EVALUATION-.,:. see belovr LACE OBTAINED?
DATE OF CONTE:
DATE OBTAINED
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On the rorninc of 25 September 1951, irxaividual LiG-15s were repeatedly
observed over 2.6rbsti r.t, 6 p..::., four 1."i0--15s were parked-in one lien on
the ntrther,, edge of the field. The Zorbst -obritz road was blocked by
trenches bctrreon the intersection of the road leading to Lindau- as far
as the intersection of the road leadin,; to $traEuth. On the follot.in-
c:a;;s there was flyin;: by individual at, the f'ieic%
2.. At 3: p.r. on 29 Septenber, four wore par. ,"..'d on the nort ern cake
of the field. Soviet sole; iers were e:_ca at7 n~: trenches alone the north--
eastern e dy e of the iriutallation. A radio inst.allati.on aas probably
be:inj established in the eastern e~.tcnsion of the runway, about 20O meters
ea.:3't o" tl,e roe, to Stra ixth, where a r. adio truck was parked and equipment
tiva i l ,; znc about.
3. In `.ho earl,, .orning, of 2 October, there was i.nLcnsi.ve flying-. by ;.:a.G-]Cs.
at he :field. At ~6 por,,o, about :;0 ;.:iG-l.;s 'mare observed on the landin[:
field. Intensive day and nii;ht. fly:nii continued up to 6 October, hore."vor,
only in clear wolt.,,er. The aircraft usually flow individually or in Croups
of Lwo. Their flyin as confined to circling over the field. Passenger
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were observed at the. entrance to the field.
Is. .. Gornan worker at the field said that the runway iif;ht-:.nL; facility was
al:':lost eo; :y)loted. red :Lout 2+0 r.c:ter s apart, were installed on a
cable on both, sic d: s of, and 3 i:-.eters .from,, the run>_r: aL; , Another laborer
stated that recoridi.tionLri o'' the ba2:,racns bu:i.lclinrs eras con, pletec except
for pluribinL; work, Vol-Lich was under rwa;, No also said that, on .3 October, a
Jet --_'Lr:htor had turned over while lenc?inZ,.Its laricinr gear hit a newly c.'u4
Cable. ditch. 1/ccordin ; to soviet soldiers, the jet 'i.,.httexs at the field
had came from, Koetben. Sore f the crows and Soviet female rersont,ol had
allet;rc?l~,r cork, directly from the The total strength was estimat-
ed at 1, 200 to 1,500 mon b;. the Soviet soldieers. They further stated that
!3r:uun .en a re:sd;nn, in charge of the it:cove.:exit e t_:c x~ nway, trrx -:rans-
fcr.roc' to :.''amar ten,
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5. The field was observed.:'ror, its northern .nc: western edges Letwoci: 15 and
5:30 p.,,,., on 9 Octobcr. The weather was clear. Aircraft observed at the
field included 27 L iG-l ;, parked in one, lire. in front of` the hangars on
t'.ae northern cd e of tt-.e iris tall-t ion, 6 twin-ont; ne transports, nd 2 bi-
planes. Twelve of the 27 T:iO.15s landed at 3:30 P.m The interior of the
hangars could not be seen. Twelve I:iG-15s practiced formation flying in
flights of four planes. 25X1 C
6. 1-1;:) fyin : was observed at the field nn 9 nnd 1
25X1A * Comment. According; to the observed. aircraft strength of about 60 Rio-
,s er S airfield was occut;ied by two fighter regiments between 29 5e-.
trk?ber arid' 2 October 1951. The setting up of radio it talla-?.ions indicates
Chet this occupation will probably remain for a longer period. Fron
p:'r:-v3.ousiwnforuation,, according to which z.oethun airfield was evacuated
1~e*tweon 23i September --nc: 2 October end e convoy of trucks carrying person
nol and ec uipr :ent was observed } assirc' three ' h Desseu-.Rosslau toward Gent
on 30 septer.;bc r, it is inferred that the two fighter re inents were previous-
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raents, which were ap.,arent y absent from .erLst airfield during construe--
t .on work of its runway, returned to the ins- allatiun. The four I VU-15,s
observed on. 25 and 29 September were probably the advance detail of the
f :,?hter regiments.
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