ZERBST AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010400370005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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l,, Between 6 and 20 :'ovember 1951? no change of occupation was observed at
Zerbst airfield, There was flying by jet fighters and conventional aircraft.
Air activity was particularly intensive on 20 T?ovember,,
2 Soviet Ca tain Zueshuov (fnu), _ who was billeted at the field 25X1
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b;ork was completed in the second half of P.'ovembear. The construction material
was loaded on a train at the spur track and sent to i rankfurt/Otter whore,
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used er repairing the road brid-e.
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3. the flight control sta-
tion was 90 meters long and 25 meters -cr: de; the first hangar from the cast was
40 to 45 meters lon and 35 meters wide:.: the second hangar was 0.0 to 90 meters
long and 30 meters wide; the third hangar was 90 me to 's long, 25 meters tivide,
and had a grind socket on its roof, and the fourth hangar was 45 meters long, and
40 peters wide;.
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There were two fuel dumps at the field. One dump as north of the second hangar
and consisted of abou' 15 underground containers .hi_l.e the other dump, which
consisted of about 12 underground and 7 surface containers,was about 30.0 meters
north of the first dump. (2)
Trro searchlights each 50 cm an diameter were on both sides of the runway. (3)
They were in operation during night fly ng, The two searchlj is north of the
runway were not as powerful as those south of the runway. Two or three red
lights were observed at each turning apron at the ends of the run%rayo 25X1
tin 6 and 7 December, 22 jet planes,
intensive air activity by 4 to 6 P, S -15s which took off from and landed at the
runway. The planes which took off in groups of two,, were in echelon and prac-
ticed formation flying, They flew for 20 to 30 minutes. Flights by propoilor
aircraft started at 4s30 p.m,, on 6 December and were still continuing at 10 p.m. -The
lights on both sides of the runway were switched on. Three searchlights illumi-
nated the runway from its eastern end for a short tir; during the take-offs and
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