AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION AT AVIA, LETNANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATIOM
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Aircraft Production at Avia, Lett
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
lo Planned production of the .Avis National C r oration Letna 25X1
n p , rya for 1952 is 387
planes, Fulfillment is probably much lower, By 10 November 1952, 81 planes had
been delivered, The following is a breakdown of deliveriess
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Some shops are already working on series 89 others only on series 4,1
2, The paint shop was closed late
in October 1952 because home produced yellow base
paint lacked necessary adhesion.
5. The final assembly hall was closed on 10 November 1952 because of defective tubing,
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4. Production is being held back by the lack of qualified personnel, material, and special tool;
by the shortage of screws and screw beds, and by defective accessories,
5e Avia is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior (sic) but receives a 30 percent subsidy
from the Ministry of National Defense.
84,: The Stormovik plane is called B-33
The following are among the consignees for finished planesa Olomouc;
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is not complete.
8o Spare parts are being requested
planes.
Three Russian engineers who
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:Kleoany, Prost.jov, and Brno. The list 25X1
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in Kbely.
supervised all production
parts are almost nonexistent. There is
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at Avia were replaced on 1 November
one set of spare radio and panel equipment
for every 40 planes. The following are being ordered from suboontractorst
Armor plates to shield the engine, from a steel mill in Moravske Budejovice.
b. Steel parts from the Kiadno mills.
Engine blocks from the CKO Sokolovo National Corporation in Prague-Liben and from
Aluminum from scrap and reserves left by the Germans after the war.
d. Carburetors from a plant in Holesovioe near Most.
Metax in Tynec iud Sazavou.4
Electric aocessoriee from the PAL National Corporation. in Kbely.
Landing gear from the Pantop plant in Radotin.
h. Fixtures from the LET National. Corporation in. Kunovice.
ll. Completed planes are towed to the Rudy Letov National Corporation in Letnany and are
tested from there.
12. It is believed that jet production is in preparation at the Praga -Vysocany plant.5
Comment. There is no indication of the type or types of planes being
therefor, as well as of IL-101s, at Avia.
referred to. Recent reports have mentioned the production of M.IGm154s, or parts 25X1
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Comment, This explains the reference to B-33 planes
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The term Stormovik may be used here to refer to the IL-10 rather
'ao Comment, Probably the United Steel Works National Corporation (SONP)
in fladno,
40 Comment. Possibly the Metallurgical Plants (Metalurgioke zavody) 25X1
National Corporation in Tynec nad Sa.davou is meant,
Comment, Probably the Aero National Corporation at Prague Vysooany rather
than the Auto-Praga National Corporation at Prague-Vysooany is meant,
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SUBJECT Aircraft Production at Avis, Letnany
DATE OF
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AND T94. OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT DY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED IV LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF,TNIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 10 February 1953
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CORRECTION
A report headedI as above was issued on 26 November 1952. The. 2bAl
following corrections should be made in this report.
Paragraph 5: "Ministry of the Interior (sic)" should be corrected to read
"Ministry of General Machinery".
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