WERNEUCHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200400001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1,, Durin ; the period from 15 to 25 January 1952, the following crsft were ob-
served flrang at Jerneuchen airfield:
23 January 9 a. M. to 2 p4: ms@
16 January 9 ae rri? to 2 p m9 10 jet bombers
13 January 10 a~ rna to noon 6 jet bombers
6 p. m? to 11 p. m. 3 jet bombers
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5:30 P. rya, to nidni;ht
9 am n..., to noon.
9:15 a. mn to ? p. r a.
8 jet bombers; after landing one
plane taxied beyond the pest end of
the runway and its landing # ear
broke. The aircraft was then towed
back on the runway
3 biplanes
24 January
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I were also observed at he fi_eldq
2. The fu 'el drop in 1;hco northern section of the field was surrounded and subdivided
by barbed wire fences. Seven holes exactly 10 meters apart dad, in t`_ o
eastern s action of the field, - One hole could not be corrplote _ because of the
frost, 3n each excavation there. -t--,ore four fuel containers, each t:S meters long a r.:'.
and 3 meters 1111 dia- ater? h-.- containers were black and had the ar'??.ite consecu-
tivo Total num rats from I to IV The r were three f our the under rrcund., ..ach
container had a lid 1.33 meters in diameter. Section II of the fuel dune
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13 containers was under construction in Vic western portion of the dw :'ip.
Only one hole with four containers was con 1ctcd, The size of the con-
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any'. t:)cir , o.,itiar_ tore Vic same an ~ in section I. ~1C, eo __t;.a:..r:ers
were filled from railroad tan.': cars by means of a lon,_; hose? On 23
Ja u,_iary, three railreau tank: cars were ertntied. Fuel eras uumpocl fro-1 the
containers into tank true., and then hauled to the land in:, field. 'Section
III of the fuel dump having an, area of 5 x 6 meters, contained 200-liter
barrels. '1c d imp oras surrouncoe by
t1i, 'its and b-,- patrols.
The new a proac h road to the field was k") motors wide a (2)
3. ''o neon 20 and '5 January, the field ,?ras covered with snow 3 to 4 em deep.
1jeforee fl-,'in.: started, the runway ,::gas cleared of snob: by soviet solc:i(:rs
Sam". was not stream on cleared strip.
jz. On 21.t January, there was flyi.n-- by three t;,,Ipe-30 ::;lanes. The aircraft 25X1
engines were started at the dispersal area.. The cabin roof opened side-
wags for tips. pilot to enter. A sindinc noise was heard 1 or 2 minutes,
Then there was a loud roarin' noise but no smoke.
'ihe nlanns too- off after a take-off run
o about 1,,ItOO rioters. .?f er the 1andin:, one plane skidded off the, run-
way, and its lane i n:; :ear broke. After the lal:din.-;s, the planes were re,
fueled from tank truck II at the c' i.snsersal area,
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3 +`1C` old fuel chimp in the northeastern section
of the field was erlar-:ed. .%rnstruct? on started on -'111e s -,uur trnck t'--at
lad toward the snail wooded area east of t le barracl:s b,lildi n?s. It was
r ar bred that V ,.n fuel dump was to be transferred there. 0'.) ncavation
for the northern circular taxi:vrac starter: 200 meters north of the east
and west ends of the runway, however,
7. '._iotween 9 a. Ti, and 3 -o. m. on 29 Januar-r. t*iere' was fltsin by a t= I7e-30
Lurir.? the ni; ht of 2i;. Jamary, there was r,?;; Lit f1: n~, by :1O-2s. Only
one side of t 7m r, away vraa illuminated.. Vic bi.ulancs tool off and landed.
on the grass south of the runway. ''tore was a.10/10 cloudiness. The
cload base was about 500 rieters, ,=7, li Y- were visible: at a distance of
about 5 k:1.
three t--.X--30 aircraft flew from 6 to- 10 n
Durin- the.perioc'. from 20 to 30 January,
t:.rne--27 and t':mme-30 ;jet bombers of :'-~,rneuchen airfield
were flown, On 29 January, t:msc Jet lzo-J ors flew at r-d- : up to ale t
~hc.. weather was .ia??-, e z i?craft 1atVii e landing
lights, two under the nose and one under the rear. Thor beacon liuhts in
. oraoucZen were switched on al= post ever`-
-ver.,? e ay from 23 to 26 Januarv. :u .+ e rk.ed at the
tax!:.-.ray of t'-c field. on 24, January,
t' erc fiyin'e by nine to 7-171,s. 77(i :) Lanes took off at intervals
of to 10 ninutos, They flew f o'r? L 0 to SO lainutos, jet bomber landed
about 12:30 p.z m. Xter the plane read taxied for a there was an
e.r; y Losion and t' to t' ,en cane to a stop L It lister hc~av .i;,? to the
Io u ort1~ fverrr? Gs, two se :e' s occi.'')i.ed by ():f! i.corn, arri. oe The
officers and the rilot of the ~l:~z~e :f t1s sect ec' the entire runway,., then,'
about 200 ,ovi cot soldiers equipped w,'_ x.
t_l s~aC+iPn .., -pick axes and brooms
arr Lve(f and clearer;. the or tiro runway of so our and ice, ''his .: ork was
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or. 25 January, about 20
;jet bombers practiced flying,
10. About h20 construction laborers were orectin^r a fence around the entire
field, excavatin; ; a foundation for the fuel durip, a d oa ^inT-_ .or the
e c?^ t ?uct:? on . of ttae northern taxiway. _ very n1.-.it
the sounds of hannerii-r- were heard from an area about 0 meters the target range., This area was off iiisits The
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j 4'Gl ll target '1'h is r' ^ to all Germans, The
is;'oe of iror'h in ")ror;ross there could not be determined.
11., T.v- r~r c;a,,r from 23 to 26 Januar r, two railroad tan.. cars arrived at the
sT),r i,rac,: near the -tiol donna Five tan-Ir trucks with trailers drove to
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fo-.,r et bombers-. The field was
::br 29 January,'th..ero was fl,,,ri.n b:'
occupied by an estimated 3n jet bcmbors