COTTBUS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014400220005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1:: Between late ti~t1,r and early August, Cottbus airfield r?ii being evacuated, and
electric lines were removed. After 15 August, the elec~.r _~ lines and installations
h-.%! to be re.-established using day and night shifts, (1
2. On 1-, 19 and 20 August, three railroad ca ked air-
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3 On.9 Aus.;ust, six railroad tank cars with fuel for the f id arrived in Cottbus.
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lro Bet oa 5:45 and 7:30 p,m. on 12 i'.uguat, there was no f'. at i he f Jeld. On a
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5,- Abut 6 p.r:!., r'n 14 August, trucks , loaded with the 'last
.;avi=at soldiers and the equipment the radio station the site of the dismantle='
radio installation near Kolkwitz in the vicinity of the :.:.!1d and roved toward
Cottbus.:
6. Or, 21 August, the field was partially occupied by Volksp `_izei. On 20 August, two
plh.,toons of 53 soldiers with racks and luggage went frcr: i-s railroad station to
the airfield. The .E' were from 1$ to 25 years old. They izYxed a good discitline
fetween.9 a.m., and noon on 19 august, a low wing monoplL With radial engine,
simiaar to the FL-32 type plane, enWa -ed in aerobatics. 'i later towed gliders over
the field.?Durinr the preceding days, many VF trucks boa sd with billeting equipment
mnved to the field. (3) Numerous Russian women vxsring b r a epaulets without insignia
were observed . ketch of the badge wo . by bother pilots.
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Pier? by VP for several days
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9 On 21 liurust, ! iter (fns), construct. on superintendent of the special construction
~-,taf_f in. Luckenw4lde, said that settlements which were referred to as ntacdtchen
+. ^ma l town) were Unde*^ ccrtstruction at Cottbus, Brand and . elzow air-ields. The
;;aedtchen in Cottbus which was, completed in` an unusually short time has been occu-
order to resume work there. Among other laborers, 5 winters were employed,.
I't was rumored that the field is to he occupied by VFF air units.
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vhe workers who had to discwtiri} =:
th f lnld o.u .. our weeks Fore were hauled to the field on VP truc4,~
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) p b5mhe r regiment left .Cottbus airfield in late July 1952. The type-27 jet bombers
=ssi.jried toiihxis r: giment were transferred to Jueterbor flutes 'Lager where they v-,ere
ivcognized by their aircraft numbgrs,, The present location of the Pe-2 planes has
not keen determined.
(2) The arrival of six tank cars with foal, the landing of 17 TUG-15s and a previous
report, according to which 15 r-ton crates on one flatcar each were observed en routs
from Brest Litovsk to Cottbus via Frankfurt/Oder, indicate that Cottbus airfield
has ben occupied, by a f igh.-er regiment. . In connection
three oreviosusly reported trooptrains from Varcnim to I%ottbus it is believed
that the fighter regiment which is nor, stationed in Cottbus was located at Parchim
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Volkspoliaei is stationed at Cottbus airfield., It is unknown whether this
regiment is stationed at the field only temporaiiy. since air activity with g1id r;
was previously observed it is believed that this VP air unit already started
+.rai ni.nr?
According to another rep:crt, the 3rd Fiegt of the lst Air Force Div No 6oo of the
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construc:i-.i-n outside the northeastern corner of the landing field.
It ,iws be] teved that these buildings belong to the so-caller
s.taec .hen which is probably occupied by VF air force -er:,onue-l
-C-cording to asketch which was forwarded previously
four buildings were und
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