BARTH AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014100380004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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In June rind Jr-.y l952, Earth airfield was unoccupied. According to local residents
firiri at ground tar ,ets sa repeatedly
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25X1 population in the vwci_rxi ty of Vic field, ?articu3arlrr the farmers chose
catt;razed on the lan3irfield le
were warned before, each firing exorcise,
25X1 target; aavinr
11 1 the shape of aircra 't. Near the taret zero ;Jas a
u. c and beside it stood two Soviet soldiery one of 7ihom held a r"
25X1 airfield -eras in or condition. There was od flag. "a grass and weeds on the entire Tlle
field
and l et,wee:, VIC concrete slabs of the run,7ay, The building s and rangars in the
northeastern corner of the field were destroyed. Gerrman ,7orkers were eiganod in
removing the r ub'olec. Two signboards with the ol..io4ri.n?
the fie inscription were observed at
ld: area - Demolitions by ,alva,-e Team of - uuni.on Borlin,,
Stralsund Construction Bureau. It Two ho'uaen -,sere occupied by German families,, and
a third one housed a children's ho:;Tc a
2 Between 23 and 30 Juhy, there was little firkal: activity at the field. The weath
was story y at~d it rained ccasionally. At j a ~~ er
four i.i.G-15s e roaclted the field. At 8230 a, .sd fifth Tan ; vas observed aloft
which circled the field, while the other four planes approached, the tar et at an
angle of about; 15 degrees. Only one ?lane fired with naclzsr2s the a' Broach. At the second approach, the planes, one after the other, fired atrthe
target, Firing, ,vas apparently not done with a' i -craft cannons, the siirulstod
attack, two pianos climbed al o t at an an le of 1po deg~reec,, and the othor t,;o
climbed more slov~lroy, Between 2:40
one: 2: 5 )n:1, on
the '4`,c?lr YCt 31 Jtt1;r, t:"dC) : ii.1 jS :7 :I?(7aClaed
3 or !. times, before miring with rvichine guns. It a-r'joerad that nets
pilot ,-> wore being tr&i:uecc',
25X1 Core :erit~, "Ile report co:nfir~:ts
3'i^hter u its " nci Zthat Barth airfield is used as a firing, r