WIENER NEUSTADT AIRFIELD AND MILITARY POST
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP80-00810A002300100004-1
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RIPPUB
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S
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 9, 2010
Sequence Number:
4
Case Number:
Publication Date:
August 11, 1953
Content Type:
REPORT
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DATE OF CONTE'N
DATE OBTAINED-
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REF,IARKS
la Between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30.a.m. on 10 July 1953, the following aircraft
were observed at Wiener Neustadt (0 48/X 34) airfield: 30 MiG-15s, including
21 near the flight control' station and 7'west of Badener Strasser 1 10 Pe-2s
at the northeastern corner of the pyrotechnic plant; and 5 single-engine
planes with radial engines, include ng 3 near the, flight control station, 1 near
Badener 5trasse. and 1 about 300 motors west-southwest of the flight control
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Tt had yellow stripes running around the fro.
section of the fuselage and yellow diagonal. stripes on the rudder assembly.
There was no ar'sr activity at the field on this date. Repair work was being 50X1-HUM
done on one DUG-15 west of Badener Strasse, The rudder and elevator assemblief3
and the tail of the MiG were disassembled. Next to the plane, there was a gray
box, about 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 meters, The corner edges of this box were reinforced
by strap iron. Two soldiers provided the sides of the rudder assembly with a
yellow coat of paint. Two other 141G-15s h.a4 a red ring and a white-bordered.,
red ring running around their fuselages 0 2
2. The AA gun emplacements located at the southern and eastern sections of the
field wore vacant. Between the southern emplacement and the target range was
a cabin, about 1.5 meters square, The roof was about 2.5 meters high and
on it was fitted a 1.5-meter rod antenna.
3, The Nachrichten Kas'rne at 'Wiener ileustadt military pooh, which was guarded
by sentries wearing black-bordered blue epaulets, was apparently not
occupied to ca)acity. Three trucks were parked in the barracks yard.
4, A twin-jet plane with the rudder assembly disassembled was observed in !. art
of the hangar in Thea:esienfeld, Nearby were 12 gray crates, each 1.5 x 1.5 x 2-
-meters, the edges of which were reinforced by strap iron.
CLASSIFICATION ': EGRET
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PACES ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)-
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oa aent H Wiearcer Neusta.dt airfield is still believed to be oc pied 50X1-HUM
' iy a fighter division headquarters and two fighter regiments. The sa 11
number of MiG-15s observed at the field., as compared with the last obrie-r-
vation on 29 June 1953, may be du- to the fact that some o: the Nigs were
possibly engaged in cross-country- flights,
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