PLANE DEVELOPMENT, DISMANTLING AT THE SIEBEL FLUGZEUGWERKE, HALLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300700002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 12, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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S: UBJECT Plane Development, Dismantling at the Siebel
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DIST. 25 February 1947
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lPuxring the last months of the war, the Siebel aircraft plant in Halle had
de-,,eloped but not y at put in production a new plane, known as "Forschungs ,
Fluugzeug 8-346", a sing,leater constructed of duraluminum. Propulsion
or the plane is supplied. by two "Walter Units" using liquid fuel, and the
plane is launched from a carrier plane. The goal was to reach an altitude
of 20,000 meters and a speed of 2,000 km. per hour. The wing span is nine
r ".'ers, the fuselage spindle-shaped with a ra 1aa1 diameter of 1.60 meters.
:g .Mead of the conventional landing gear, the plane has a retractable landing
cka::1d. The pilot $ s seat is built into the front end of the fuselage. The
via au-or is located in the center of the fuselage and is supposed to be the
s : s as that of the ear.ier mcdel, known as the "Tailless Fighter 8-163"
A great operational range was supposed to make the 8->34.6
is Yful as long-range weapon. A new fuel, known as TC-11 is used for the
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2, Another report, stated that in 1946 continuous changes
,n:i i p~csveee:nts ~ s raaz me on '~aas plane, called the Type .2W19 and that a
f':I..;sished plane of this type was shipped to Uoscow for to sting in August.
,:' ,er that, ~ixorkk began on a second plane, which was not completed. This
Aria was said to have atear-shaped fusela.gg' nine meters in length,, short,
,_? antcc , blunt mein s. Fl.X.ght duration was given as 25 minutes, speed app:.roxi_
,:t,;e;.lir 1200 km./h. The fuel was reported to consist of two liquids which
are tanked separately and burned as a mixture. The.plane was to be launched
.",Yom he top of"5~CE~r.er plane in order tai increase the opes?ational rng t..
'3_ A third report, stated that 1800 men were employed in
;ak:e total dismantling of the Siebol plant, which was begun at the and of
;or 4oupled with the deportation of the leading technicians. The rev
Iniag Siebel person rl was discharged as of 31 December 1946. SMA Karls-
horst has ordered the blasting of the factory installations but no definite
decision has beez reached on this point.
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