AIRFIELDS IN AUSTRIA

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• Publication Date: August 27, 1952
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1. V,i ener Neustadt, The follor ing observations were rade at .;ienor Noustadt (0 48/A 34)
airfield between 11 and 17 July 1952:
11 Jule Between 6 and 6:30 a0m there was cloudless weather? Jet fighters made
simulated attacks at two air sleeves of different sizes towed by a t;ri.-n-engina 25X1
plane with a double rudder assembly. T e attacking planes flying at an altitude of
about 20000 meters approached the towing plane from all sides up to a dis' r of orzvi
about 10 n>eters, No bursts of fire were heard, and no dives ;yore observed?
the exercises lasted until about noon. (1) :.rotor
between the avroteehnical -plant and 'diener Tieustadt included se dais
I~L ' . Between 7 and p.m. our aircraft ea un e rr their own power to tile
take-off point where they were parked in a square. it intervals of 30 seconds. the
planes took offs The first and third :lane circled once over ;iener. Neustadtj while
the other two planes each made a smaller circle. The planes 3.anded in elements of
two with an int, rval of about one vain;spana This procedure was repeated several times.
There was a thunderstorm between 8 and 8:30 p0m, lifter about p.m?,, the noise of
jet engines was heard, The aircraft had position 1ivhts which were gre3n to the ri htx,
red to the left and white at the rear. (3)
17 J"01 yo Motor vehicles observed on h U -m ; . ' r, t , - R+' r,
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debris a Four er pla cements were alno3't; coi:?'4l?trod and i r re more n rni a ce`:" nts were in.
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5:10 and 6:10 P.M.
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riving school. drivers of all vehicles wore Ariwck:-border d blue e: raulets, (2)
2. to 21 July., the field was occupicd by 1 single-~en^ine plane and > jet aircraft,
23 of ;which were parked in the hollow in front of t zo pyn_?ote;chnic' l plant and 32 in
front of the flight control stet i on,, (4) The weather was sunny and ca?m, and there
was a 3110 overcast. the cloud base bean,' a t an altitude of a+ bout 3,00D :rioters , i %vo
jet aircraft, practiced 'takin ; off and landing? AA gun cnplacencnts were under 25X1
construction on the eastern ed ~c of the la rain field. Thai r wails were made of
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"he foll.oh?;in; observations Vim made at fierier 'Joust-t airfield on '16, and 28
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3 single-engine jot fighters, 3 bi~lanos and
5 s~ - le-cn irio planes were -?asked at Vie field. It was rain i.ng he C;1ean
6:30 and 10 a.-a, The visibility was 335 fed to :aeter:, sere was a sli z 1
crest northwesterlyv;iri-d? After 10:30 ae ., there was better visibility, the cloud.
base I:,ein 3 at an altitude of about 900 r ters, One jet fighter each took off at
9:30 and 10 a,mo Two of the planes which had
ulro-Sea ter coo , its were observed landing, The pianos had sera
Debris was being loaded? near the flihta
g N. M. IIe zown,, It was used for the construction of positions
AA gun emplacements were under construction zere.
26 Between and 8:30 p,lily, there was calm and clear zwoather. Six jet
fighters took off at intervals of about 30 seconds. The first plane flew a
small circle, while the other aircraft consecutively flew larger circles;
Between 3:30 and 11 p,rn,,, individual .f'li;,ih'ts were made at large intervalsr
Bet,:--an 25 and 29 July, the follos9wing raotor vehicles were observed:
as in the Tr^ 'd of the former haac'hcriciiten. Kaoerne in ':i.ener 25X1
driver wearing bla ck-bord.ercd blue opaulets, 25X1
driver wearin? his cis--bordered blue e o. -1 -0-60'.
in the former Artiilerio Kasea.Yne: driver wearing black- 25X1
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do in local trafflis : Trucks
white ring on left side of the ~-:arking
driver wearing bl a ck- bordered blue epaulets
driver wearing hie ckbordercd blue epaulets
driver wearing black-bordered - red epaulets
driving school vehicle
driver wearing black-bordered red epaui r tsa. driving school vehicle,,
an officer wearing black-bordered blue epaulets acted as driving
instructor
driver wearing black-borddere;d red epaulets
driver wearing; black-bordered biu^ epaulets
driver wearing black-t_korderoc' rod epaulets
driver v;earin-: black-bordered blue epaulets
driver wearing bla ci>? bordered blue epaulets
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driver wears.;; block-bordered rod
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in +11n f-irrinr officers candidate school Dad 1"iscimua 25X1
drivers wearin ; black-bore erect blue epaulets, 25X1
were repeatedly observed, (2)
5n Deutsch 17'a7ram0 (P 49/5 50),, On 13 Junes I
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installations were located near Obercie1- nzhrunn (P 49/8 60):
a. A PKV a45 DF station about X00 motors Test of Feldhof which is about 1,5 Iffy
crest of Oberaiebenbrunno
bc. Two braced antenna masts, v to 10 :motors high and a mooden. cabin about 100
rioters '.lest-soutihwest of 1~'eldilof,, The aster to strung" bot?w1een the 'nags .7a s
subdivided by six in.sulators0 The antenna sections in the middle were about
2.,5 meters long while the other sections toward the ,.Lefts were shorter, The
insulators fitted in the middle cocasist{ed of two marts which were apparently
truck which was parked ai:.out met z r a - 25X1
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ooaen nut was seen near this antenna system which ;.as located in. line with
the main direction of approach on the runway at )trasshof airfield, (6)
c? An antenna mast with a cone-shaped bracing system as about 400 meters south:-
rest of Yeldhof, (7 )
On 10 July between 10 and 11 44 jet aircraft ,acre observed at trasshof air-
field. A portion of the field could not be observed because of the ;larked planes
and the road block on btrasshof Markgraf 1 eus:iedol (P 47/3 50) road.
L On 23 July., one jet fighter was observed at the field, .U if teen to 20 truces and
van-like trucks were parked in the northwestern section of the field south of the
runway? Send and crushed stonos were hauled. to -she field frorr a nearby sand pit
by about l truckso The tent carap was still located on the western '-d -e of the
fields Last of this there was a now watchtower and severs tcm,or.ry buildin,, s0
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c black elm l lots loft the
Ga_C n ne camp on the odr'e elf tale woods was vacant. No chances were observed at
the other headquarters buildings? Tae aircraft repair :;hog in -'c t ,sch ? ia,,,,rara was
guarded by sentries wearing black-borderer blue e.aauletso The .fence was repaired,
Three trucks and a tank truck wer? ,, ed on the Parking in
7FY1 Deutsch -~'~'":r;an, ? U lot. 'vehicles oA,Jf?T?vC Cl
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S., Asz rn, Bethvecrr 8 and 10 `30 a Am0 on L Jta.l a boL,35 1-s ezvZ (1 ~. P 1~ ^~' 1/ ,, Y, t 6L i'e ?s s er observed aU
) airfield, here :51as no f1yi iWa sum, an calm wi :?the , 1iae sky
was 2/10 overcast, the cloud base being at about 21500 mete.. s, li shed for about 10
Motor vehicles and a lar,; er shed were under consUructioj near the - mrage. 1 oua? f el
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containers, which ",;ere recently painted
dump, white, tome re observed near the western fuel
9o On 23 July the following observations w?ier?e aa,ade at the field,. T,aenty-four. jet f`ig'rteas
3 Pen2s and 2 biplanes "were parked thereo (9) There i?w,3s ?r,
anmy'and cal.-;t teather? Ja
14/10 overcast and a cloud base of about 3,000 rasters, Two Pe--2s r e ;eatedly too? Poff.
A radar installation co.-nnsistin; of two assts, 4 and 3 meters
high respectively, with two dipole supports, somas located oa the 'western edges of the
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fi;l0,, south of the runvay0 As soon as arTana approached the field, the
dipoles rotated. Tlie 4-meter aa$t had zontal bar at the two ends of
which an X-shaned wire syster,i with dip upr orts was fitted. On too of ti'i
3-meter mast there was a horizontal bar with a vertical diT)olo sup port on one
side and a reflecting grid on the other side. `iile two masts were about 20
meter;; a;aart0 The nur"ber of dipoles on the two sets could not be identif i ed0 (10)
sand and crushed- stones were haul c to a construction site bet;ve;,on the field and 25X1
the railroad line. 1U dun errplace,~ s wore any)arently under construction there.
110 ZEaoelfa%in 0 Between 9 a Ora and noon., ca 27 Julys 33 Po-2s and 2 biplanes were
observed at Zwoelfaxing '(P 249/X 48) air.`. old. There was no f-n3. : i. n There was calm
Breather good visibility $ $ ~'~,0 il,,
g an 8/10 overca it and a cloud base at an altitude of
about 1,500 rioters, A:iany soldiers wore o ~ ervcd on the iandiny field? They CO Zrrapnarently liven instruction in the o yen,; Tank Y 25X1
+ driven by a
soldier wearing black-bordered blue .e~aaule :- ap :,roached from the direction of
Umber (P 249/X 148) ., stopped some tine in ont of the entrance to t Lo barracks
installation and moved on toward 3chriochat . ' t 11 a o ??0 (12)
I20 Goetzendorf- Between 7:245 a0+10 and 1:35 o-rro n 30 rug o
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and 3 biplanes were observed at uoetzendorf 49/x 57) 7) iait fie l Ped . ?_ There Or p
and sunny ~reathex'6 1` l e was caI:1~'n
he s1cy was 3/10 overcast, he cloud cei.lin g being at an
altitude of about 3,000 meters, Individual tak ,-offs were made by f four Pe-2sg
three of which repeatedly asseml)led in V format `. r1 while the fourth 2_ lane flaw
individuall.yr0 The planes took off twice and rfo 1c led this procec;urer, he aircraft
flying in formation strictly kept a distance and
Formation fly-inc; lasted 30 min 'es. :': 'te the land. ;, the ?lanes were refueled
frorl. a tank truck. (13) the fol_1owirlo vehicles wore aarkod at, the tak:o-of=? point:
1 ambulance,, I tank truck, 2 van--like truces with one and two rod antennas
respective Y and a CO Land bus? 25X1
l3< Bad Voeslau0 Betwe~2n 8:30 a.m? and 12:30 p-m? on 15 , uly, P.~.. 2
lowwine monoplanes with single rudder asoemblies, of d I biplane were ob e, ved3at~
Bad Voesiau (0 28/x 36) airfield. About 10:15 aor1?a 2c2 plane took off, . headed
north and displayed a double sleeve -
tarr,etQ tzrcen 0:110 and 11 a4l-j, tiro het
fighters individually approached the air sleeve from "o.te c.ia'oction of
Wiener P1ctx;~tadt Bette a1~' 11:1r' ~
en 11 ,pain attacked- a~,.ae,t a = T,F""2 !U5 f lU~a2'lii a d0 jet fighters
c the air sleeve about. 11:15 a0rs, zM1 l as off at 12:30 p0n0
14o On 21 Ju -y, 18 Pe-25 and 2 twin-enr;ine , lots trier r anopiarzes with sinry? ; ,
assemblies were ob erveci at the fieldz There g rTheeere was ,army and calm weather. The s
sky
was 3/10 overcast, the cloud L i a
base being at an a:i ai tud of about s
Pe-2s were observed la.ndinM o (1?G i y 3?00 r Teter, 13ro
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Planes witn radial enZ aes a ,a biaded pro sellers, and 1 biplane -.acre observed
at Parndorf (P 48/X 77) airfield,'' re was sunny, clear and calm - eatr1er, T110
sky was 3/10 overcast at an altitude o +bout 3,000 =-reterso -Y11 21a ies were
covered with gray tarpaulins except for one plane which had the red ;o 1255 on
its nose. ' his plane was disassembled just aft of the trailing; edc eo of its
wi s, The dis. ntlin; point of this )lane apparently was more to the fore tean
on the aircraft previously observed in '-iener Heustadt, '"ho, cano,7y was
movable to the rear, Just aft of the dis iacatlin; point there was a rectangular
cut on the left upper side of the fusela (16) Six tank trucks, i_;. van-like,
trucks and C trucks wera parked on the w tern ed,.;e of the = field. deer tile
barracks buildings there were some rubber-tired trailers, about 7" coat-.,,oters
high, which were apparently loader' with large batteries. Four r.sts, each about
6 meters hi, --h and a vertical rod al.-out 2 :sc tern long, ,wore observed on the roof 25X1
of a house at the northern od' C; Of ?ar:ndor1`.~, -:bout 30 Ia ters to the Otli.lcast
there .,,as a van-like trnc !c vi i-.1, n nain_neIn
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16, Trauersdor.P, On 9 July, '_raucrsdorf (P 4u'/x 55) airfield was not occupied,
17? e ing, No occupation was observed at $eyring (P'?9/3 40) airfield on 10 July.
There were no indications of an intended reoccupation of the field,
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157 the so-called IIoelzlsteins was transferred to a point between triangulation
Point 157 and Rosalia Chapel., The radio installation was a radar set consisting
of a mast, a dipole support with 7 dipoles, 2 van-like trucks and a tent. The
installation was supplied with electric current from a transformer station about
500 meters north-northwest of the edge of Oggauo .l telephone line extended from
the installation to the 1aierhof, east of vgaau railroad station, ti building of
IGIW carters, en 1M wearin black-bordered blue ewaulets and
s were bbsorved tllere, No antenea system was-observed near
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19o a hloss Liechtenstein, On 12 and 11.. July, source observed that Schloss 'Liechten-
stein, 2 km ,lest of ,'.xoedling (0
)49/X 37) was newly occu;,aied b soldiers wearinn{
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black-bordered blue epatlul.ets, 111o castle hod been vacant since about July l9 0 25X1
Lang cables? including one cable to ',aelliscIi IIofs were observed, garage with a25X1
ca-,)acitv 0-f C I Iicles was fully occupied" Two radio tracks
tiaore parked on the gateway to the castle, irong rubber
cables terminated in one of the two radio truclk,sa On 12 ' July dipole support 1'wit31
about 10 dipoles was observed near the castle could not determine
whether the set was mounted on a trestle or o ne roof o the castle, Fo=ur men
wearing black-bordered blue epaulots ware rolling up cable on reols?, (1n)
Coz ents,
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that the too sleeve targets are towed
parallel to each other, the tow rope of the small air sleeve branching off from that
of the rope of the larger air slec,vsQ
(2) As in sastern Germany, a change of motor vehicle numbers also occurred in the
Soviet-occupied Zone of Austria in the beg inaing of Jul 1952.
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(17) Tho radio incta? iation in 0 is a TtUS--2 ?t? e rac.a~ y 3+ . this
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insta? la? tior.. is not 21,ocatec: in trio victrii t;; of an occur -.e` air :field , tnt,
at point 47?5,PN/1604o*i y it -is believ d *to belonZ to a # i-lit re~or tin-:
center,
(13 This is the first in ors.=anon teat :Ich oss Liechtenstein is occu;ic; i, ail
force troips ' Ze troop probably 1 ''lo}? oither to t :E ca Ql hers of t~?'e
Fifty-,Ninth Air :t ni- or to a fighter division or coca zeudquartero,s he
radar set observed ;dear the castle 7robabl is of the RUS type.
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I Outcr lo;: fre,ucn;c%r a,;-,roach beacon. :ith van-like
2 .souse ~::ith PK`J-45 F sL:tion
3 Van-like truck ,~. ith .ntenna r tot, 6 riot high
4 Inncr lot:'.' fro3^uency approach beacon van -like
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