NEUBRANDENBURG-TROLLENHAGEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600660009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNT; __Doviet -,one o r~erin*a~r
REPORT NO.-
TOPIC- i'etab 'ande.nb~zrf" wa-'rollenh ten airfield
EVALUATION_ joe be .atf LACE OBTAINED_._
D;'TE OF CONTENT.- 16 and 93 February 1950
DATE QBTAINE
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REMARKS
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DATE PREPARED 20 T, ,,larch 1950
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PAGES _~ E.NCLOSURES (No. & TYPE) 3 photoCraph, 1 sketch on ditto
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The ,, Yeubrandenburg.-?Trollenhacen (N 54/t 67) airfield was ob
served Prom the youth., east and north on 16 February 195O , The
attached photograph was taper. from the north;. tho only side
fron which the field could be closely a,pproaehod;: There was
no flying in rainy tivreuther, r Fighters were parked in front of
the hangars on the southern edge of the f ield ~ There were two
runways; one, 30 to 40 meters x about 1,,2 km.. extending in
north- northea st oar direction, the other, about 1, km long,. ex-
tending, in northwestern direction0
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2 ~ ; bricklayer employed at the field said that the ttim hangars,
repaired in a makeshift sway, each had a capacity of 16 single-,
engine planes. German civilians and police were a1ie(;edly also
assigned to guard duty at the field. Sole of the .4oviet sentries
were accompanied by dogs:, I, otor vehicle left the 25X1 B
fielde
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Z There was no flying at the field between 6 a .,ra ~ and 1 pm, on
23 21 ebruary 1950) (for location see .'?nnex 2)1. sixteen c ir- 25X1 B
craft of two typos which could not be determined because of ti
distance r? ere rr:.,rked in front of the hangars. Trucks
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a. ~, our planes: 1)ointeti 'usela__; ;, no propeller recognized
painted dark green or gray, winr s very short plane s::r lle:r
than conventional fir titer; metal nose without aperture or
ongine, protruding beyond leading edge of wings by about 2 mer-'
tern, section forward of =: ~im-s loner than section aft of r~rinr?s
presumably jet fighters,, apparently resting on a sort of jack
CONFIDENTIAL
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letter of 13 October 1978 from the
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b. 'pwelve planes: one engine th propelle..-, engine and
cockpit covered with tarpauline, 'sings slit h.tl y dihedral t
od,_;es straight, sliza fuselar-e, rounded rudder assembly,
wIpA :d shinin silver-igray, larger than type a plane.
IField Coi,unent:
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it 1s asuu:.ioa hia one i i;a er reg r:ien equipped with LA s
is stationed :.t the field- The presence oy jet planes is reported
far the first ti-. e m The description of the jet aircraft in
Aura 4a does not agree -t. i th any jot type craft so far reported
.'ro:r the ;oviet one of Germany.
b. .,~ffoats are cin_; t_inde to obtain :;lore detailed descr ip-
tion of this aircraft type.
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sketch only one of which is f or kn
d, The directions of the two runways and the taxitray on the
northern edge of the field approximately agree on both sketches.
The sketch not transmitted showed; concrete strip extending
fro,- the north end of the P1-a runway tow Ord southeast and a con-
crete runway extending from the south and of the N-S runway
toward southeast. !~s these two taxiways are reported for the
first tirle# the
25X1X Both skotchLs are at v riAnce a sketch previously supplied
by on which only an E-:7 rummy is shown.,
2 ~nnexesa ~2) 1 , Photograph (Taken from :4orth of the !airfield)
Lhyout ;ketch of ,Teubrandenburg,-Trot enhagen
irf laid .,
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