WITTSTOCK AND WERNEUCHEN AIRFIELDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 31, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
DATE DISTR. 31 December 1952
SUBJECT Wittstock and Werneuchen Airfields NO. OF PAGES 1
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DATE OF INI
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NO. OF ENCLS. 1 (6 pages)
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ilIROIlLFT COUNTS
The maximum number of operational aircraft observed on the airfield:
13 Oct 52 25 iffG 15s.
No aircraft were airborne at the
time of observation.
2. :,,IRCRLFT DTaILS
(a)
(b) Fittings
No hIG. 15s were observed airborne fitted with any form of
auxiliary wing tank.
FLYING ACTIVITY
4. General
On eleven days \ \no flying
whatsoever was carried out. On the remaining days intensive
formation flying was undertaken, usually by sections of four
AIG 15s.
B. Detailed Flying
(a)
9 Oct 52
Weather: 7/8 cloud, drizzle.
1450 hours
4 AIG 15s
took off one behind the other formating over
the airfield line abreast. The aircraft
climbed away to the south and overflew the
cloud in formation, maintaining an interval
of two spans between wing tips.
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1610 hours 4. NIG 15s approached the airfieldfrom the
South and landed one close behind the other.
? Those aircraft wore towed by tractor from
the end of the rUnway back to the
honor. Throughout the day four
? Were parked on the grass adjoining the
take-off end bf the runway.
. (b) 14 Oct 52
ilyathor: 4/8 cloud
1425 hours
hazy.
ILIG 15s
, took off one behind the other, forming
over the airfield into two sections of four
line abreast, the second line being positioned
to the roar and starboard of the first:
Direction
of flight
1515 hours
Appro./.
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Interval between aircraft
two wing spans.
Both formations overflew the clouds in an
Easterly direction returning to the airfield
after a period of 25 minutes and landing one
behind the other.
4 NIG 15s, took off
one behind the other forming up ine abreast
over the airfield and carried out local
formation flying above cloud level. After
? being airborne for 15 minutes the four
NIG 15s landed individually.
(c) 17 Oct 52
Weather: 5/8 cloud cover
Four LUG 15s were perked in a line adjoining the take-off
end of the runway. These aircraft were not observed to
become airborne.
? The only flying undertaken VMS by two NIG 158 which took
off one behind the other flying away in a Southerly direction
and not being observed to return to the airfield within the
?nox- l hours.
4. 1ZhTION Sb=5
Thb daily ration scale for officers and male civilians of officer
gtatus stationed on the airfield is as follows:
Meat ? 375 grams
150 "
ioad(whito or black) Unrationed
-tter 80 grams
_ 50 "
mato& ghorkui 200
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female personnel receivio only the following daily ration:
Vehicle
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Meat
Fish
road (black only)
No butter, biscuit,
is supplied.
Numbers
following vehicles
, 375 grains
150
Unrationed
tomato or gherkin
were observed entering the
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Car, 81iF Driver
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150.F driver
Gar. SliF driver
S,J' driver
airfield
1,B1 driver
driver wearing black shoulder
boar s with red piping.
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The numlwr of aircraft estimated to be at this airfield remains the
same at;,*
38 IL 28 aircraft
2 UIL 28 11
3/4 LI 2 It
MaTkgo etc:
Tho aireraft woo dispersed along the southern and south-western taxi-
track tri front of the hangars and in addition to this the dispersal points
411 front of the hangaru wore also being used. The IL 28 Aircraft were
411 colour and showed the conventional rod star markings on the
tailiUs a number, however, also had a red star with a white rim around
thg atar which in turn was bordered by a further red strip outside the
wttto.
Flp,ri AP t ivitY:
27' Oirt 52:
28 Oot 52:
79 Dot 52:
5 Nov 52
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10 IL 28 aircraft taok off
3 PO 2
2 PO 2 ft
1 Yak 14 It If
2 formations of two IL 28 aircraft took off.
23 IL 28 aircraft took off
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at 50 metres range with a sighting board. Front and rear cannons
wore fired in single shots using ball ammunition, The aircraft was
at the butts all the morning, but only fired intermittently. No
shell oases were observed to fall from the aircraft during or after
firing. One SAF officer and 7 men were Observed to be in the
vicinity of the aircraft while this activity was being carried out.
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The officer wore/blue band round his cap which also had blue piping.
The roar guns of the IL 28 moved through an arc of 180 degrees both
laterally and vertically.
6, yry_z_rnions.
The 10 installation consisting of four masts situated 50 m from
the barbed wire on the North-Eastern side of the airfield is still in
position. #T vehicles are also situated 200/250 4----lfrom the
take off end of the runway when flying is in progress.
Flak,,
7. One of the eight heavy A.11, guns situated on the north-west side of the
airfield has now been taken from its position and is now in the heavy
flak M/T shelter.
8. The six A.A. guns reported to be behind the heavy flak MT shelter
have now loft this position and their now position has not yet been
ascertained; it is thought that they are still at the airfield, but
this point cannot be confirmed at the moment.
9. The 24- light A. A. guns situated at the south-west corner of the airfield
are still in position and the 10 LUis still remain parked in the vicinity
10 Fuel Installations.
Two areas have now been excavated for the reception of fuol tanks on
the south side of the southern taxi-track. Each excavation is
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appromimatoly 100 M
apart. Up to the present time, only one
excavation has had tanks sunk into it; where this has been done in the
case of the first, tanks have been put in almost touching end to
end. The earth has not yet been replaced, but when this has been
carried out the tanks will be covered up to the neck of the tiller
point in the centre.
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The first two aircrato c constructed have not yet been pulled dawn,
but this work is expected to 1)(3 carried out in the near future, as the
walls are not considered suitable to take the pressure of the earth
when they have boon filled. The third shelter is still to be the
pattern for the others, bu.'3 slight modification is being effected in
the construction of the corc,ceto pillars of the walls Instead of
both sides being slotted only one side is now slotted, the other
having a protusion on one sjCo only. Each concrete slab is fitted
into the slot of the pillar ot one end and hold in position by the
weight of the earth filling pressing the slab against the protusion
of the next pillar at the othcr end, This modification is expected
to simplify and acce2.orato the construction of the remaining aircraft
shelters, The IDTIors are 20 x 20 ems thick and are reinforced.
Pillars have now boor) u.L.ccted around 10 further dispersal points.
12. Gras,s_Landin Str
This strip is no lecgor a roe.
'131 Draftiru of .73au-jj Lnourors.
? During the first weelL o'J! Novel,11)o:' Lon labourers have been
drafted to NLINEUCPEN Airfield from the following projects:?
(a) SCE/TLD, work on bridges,
(b) BRANDET.BURG, Imrh on roji.way2,,
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