TUTOW AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT
TOPIC Tutow Airfield
EVALUATION
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DfiTE OF CONTE
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES '45
REMARKS
DATE PREPARED _29 n'arch 1955
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE).
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1. Soviet Air Force construction unit
In early January 1955, the Soviet Air Force construction unit at Tutow
airfield was reduced from 80 to 30.men. The entire unit was transferred
to an unidentified destination on 24 January, except for the unit commander
Major Drushkov (phonetic spelling) (fnu) who was allgedly to remain in
Tutow as commanding officer. 1
2. German work force
About.250 German workers were employed at Tutow airfield on 1 Februarytend the force
was further reduced to about 80 on 12 February. The following gangs hl been
transferred during January:
24 January: 1 gang of track laying workers to Leipzig.
31 January: 1 gang of concrete workers to Eggesin,
1 gang of laborers charged with concreting work and the laying of
narrow-gauge rails to Dalde/Leuna,
1 gang of carpenters to Gross Doelln and Querfurt.
The German workers had been employed for grading work on both sides of the
runway, for extension work on the railroad siding southeact of the ful dump ,
and for dismantling work on the narrow-gauge field railway to Zarrenthin. All
workers were given notice between 21 and 26 February but the date of
dismissal was not yet fixed since the airfield had not yet been accepted by
the Soviets. 2
3. Soviet personnel
On 12 February, 45 Soviet soldiers arrived at the field. On the following
days, soldiers wearing black-bordered blue epaulets were been. The 45 Soviets
improved the quartering buildings at the northern end of the runway.
4. Runway
The runway was 2,400 meters long, 60 meters wide and 20 cm thick. Its northern
end pointed to the middle line between the :Corner hangar No 10 and the former
hangar leeated farther southeast. Its southern end was about 250 meters from
the railroad line. There were drainage facilities the northern half of which
-led tfinto the Wfettenwerder Lake and the southern half into the Ruckucksgraben
(ditch). The Gully holes were 100 meters apart. Ditches for the installation
of landing lights were excavated on the two sides of the eunwaae
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5. tiglane
A lane 300 meter:, wide was cut into the Alt Plestliner Wood in the
northern extension of the runway beyond the swamp.
6. jistiLm_ve
The tax4esys were 14 meters wide and 20 cm thick. Their course was
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7. Rinennnreal areas
The following two types of aircraft dispersal areas were seen at the field:
Eerdstande for individual aircraft and areas, so-called "Trauben", for
6 aircraft. The former hardetande were 17 meters long, 11 meters wide
and 20 cm thick. Some of them were arranged in such a way that the nose
of the aircraft pointed to the taxiway, while other were arranged in the
opposite direction. There were a total of 45 individual hardetands and
7 larger dispersal areas ("r2rauben"). No shrapnelproof walls were seen.
The prefabricated concrete parts which were available for this purpose
would allegedly be sold to a private firm.
8. Flight control buildinr
This building was 12 meters long and 7 to 8 meters wide. The tower was
3,5 meters high and provided with a glass veranda. Concreting work on the
connecting road between the flight control station and the taxiway was
not completed.
Fuel 1.vmp
The fuel dump was surrounded by a barbed wire fence. A guardhouse and 2
wooden sheds, each 15 meters long, 6 meters wide and with concrete floor,
were located inside of the fence. The sheds, each with 2 gates, were
presumably scheduled for the storage of gasoline barrels. For the storage
of fuel there were 4 batteries of tanks with a total of 42 fuel containers.
Each container had a holding capacity of 25,000 liters. Each container lay
on a 50-cm concrete foundation and was covered with a 2-meter earth layer.
The connection pipes were surrounded by a wall 2 meters square and covered
with a wooden lid. No pump installations were seen and no connections
were built to the railroad sidieg. A concrete road ran around the entire
fuel dump. 6
10. .42211Riti2EAME
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This road is falsely entered with a bend Sheet 2045.
It had an asphalt cover as far as the intersection with the Zemin Loitz
highway and a concrete cover beyond the intersection. The so-called
"Waldlager" (wood camp) with 3 watchowers and surrounded by a barbed wire
fence was located in the square piece of wood northeast of the intersection.
A 5-meter-wide lane for the searchlights on the towers was cut along the
fence. Three hangars with concrete floors, each 20 meters long M 10 meters
wide, and 2 concrete emergency cisterns were seen in the camp.
11. .Z.Erterincbuildizto.
There were 6 equally large barracks buildings. Their dimensions could not
be determined. Barracks 4 and 5 were built on the old foundation of a hangar.
Barrack 5 housed the administrative offices in addition to billets. The
former German barracks buildings east of the main guardhouse were also
scheduled to be usea for quartering purposes. The former home for aced
people and buildinan Nos 23 and 24 were planned to be occupied. It was
rumored that the houses on Damm Strasse in the Tutor Settlement wore also to
be occupied. Damm Strasse extends straight toward the main guardhouse. The
location of the commander's house was also entered on a sketch furnished by
source.
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12. Fence
The board fence began about 100 meters north of the main guardhouse and
extended to the first bend of the railroad line south of Tutoweailroad
station. A barbed wire fence, continued from there, ran parallel
to the railroad line as far as the second bend of the rails, across the
meadows to the west as far as Kuckucksgraben (ditch), along this ditch
to the bend northwest of Wittenwerder Lake. The fence further continued
to the north through the small wood to the northern ditch, along this
ditch to a point about 400 meters southeast of the road to the ammunition
dump, then straight on to the east for a stretch of about 300 meters and
finally through the wood straight on toward the board fence in the eouth.
13. Possibilities of observation
The entire airfield could be observed from the railroad line passing by.
The view was obstructed only at individual points by the board *ice
surrounding the field. The northern section of the field could well
be seen from the Alt Pleetliner Wood.
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14. The following buildings were seen at the field\
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Main guardhouse south of the entrance road.
Auxiliary guardhouse at eastern side of road leading to ammunition dump,
south of the ditch.
Trannformer station supplied with electric current on a line from
A;ot Plestlin and another line from Tutow-Dorf.
Storehouse, 8 meters wide, with sliding doers 3 meters apart. A ramp
2.5 raterc vide extended along the entire length of the storehouse.
There was a track along the ramp.
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Workehop, 15 meters long, 12 to 15imeters1 wide, 8 meters high, with cellar 10
meters deep, and concrete roof.
Waterworks north of the road leading from Tutow estate to "Star". The
installation is to remain there upon completion of construction work.
Former hangar No 4 which is to be demolished by 1 April 1955.
Repair hangar with concrete roof, brick structure 20 meters long,
10 meters wide, with two-leaf door. 3
15. Intended occup21122
It wan learned that the airfield construction project
had the designation Object No 103. The field was scheduled to be occupied.
by 67 fighters, 12 replacement aircraft and 8 trainers all of type Min. 4
16. Aociden4
In September or October 1954, 2 MIG-15s without auxiliary fuel tanks circled
the field in fair weather and suddenly approached for landing. The aircraft
mood over in the middle-of tho runway where a strip about 20 meters long
was not concreted. They struck an obstacle and one n1G-15 broke off its left
wing while the other aircraft broke off its right wheel. The two pilots were
not injured. The aircraft had allegedly been on the way from Peenemuende
to Neubrandenburg. 5
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Comment. The Soviet Air Force construction unit transferred on three
shipments from Tutow to Wildpark-West in late December 1954 and early January
1955. It is possible that rajar Drushkov rs identical with the previously
reported Dajor Drushko who was observed in Pardhim in Annust 1953 as deputy
of Inspector Derezonehuk (fnu).
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The transfer of German gangs to other construction sites
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_Comment.
has repeatedly
bean reported.
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out. For location sketch of airfield, see Annex 1.
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4.
is sketch is based en the statements on installations and buildings
mentioned in paragraphs 4 through 15 and on other avsileble information.
Notes to:
Paracraph 71 If the reported dimensions of the individual hardstands
are correct, these bardstands are suitable for D1G-15s, but
they will be too small for I1-28s. The dimensions of the
so-called "Traulene, large dispersal areas, have not been
determined so far. If the prefabricated concrete parts
are not used by the Bauunion for the construction of
shrapnelproof walls around the revetments, these parts will
presumably be used by the expected air unit for the
establishment of AA protection.
Paragraph 9: According to the information received, the fuel dump will
have a capacity of 1,000 cubic meters. as has also been
observed at other fighter airfields.
14 item /2: The information on a 10-meter-deep basement is
doubted. Source will be re-interrogated on this point.
14 item 10: This building is believed to be the repair hangar
where usual maintenance and checking work on aircraft is
accomplished.
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Comment. The reported object designation is correct. The reported
number of aircraft presumably indicates the maximum aircraft strength
at the field.
5. Comment the two Mi0-15s crashed in
Tutow on 10 Aneust 1954.
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