ALT LOENNEWITZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200370001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT
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EVALUATIO
DATE OF CONT
DATE OSTA1NE
REFERENCES
PAGES 2 -ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
DATE PREPARED 13 October 1950
la There teas no flying t the ".lt Loerinevritz (,J 52/ 3._.) airfield
between 7 and 9 p.m. on 15 ' ontombor 1250. The obstacle li.ghtfs
but not the runway lights were svaitciaed oh. From six to right
planes were parked in a hangar which was open and lighted,,
2. 'The field was observed between 3:30 and
9 on 19 uupt.,mber 12.3. Nine 1et :lanes with high rudder
assembly sloping to the r ar wore parked in a row on the L~,nc t.ra ;
field,, four planes of the same type were on the eastern end of
the runway and six to eight planes in front of the hanars. (1)
'll aircraft hadtheir air intako apertures covered .with red sheet
metal, (2) The han ars wore closed, a''7? s 1 t1~.,`le-7a ;3 r1G' low-win
monoplanes made flights lasting about 30 -Unutes in occasional
rain with a cloudy sky. Description of s1 n le_engine,, low-awing
monoplane ; two-seater cockpit, antes. vod forward of cabin,
a'itot tube in left wine;, radial en,~;ine with rect. propeller hub.,
tail wheel not retractable, intake tube or o' cooler under.
engine on left side, trim tab on left aileron, white squares on
underside of loft winruns or i:aa,chirae guns which could not
definitely be seen wore in the .ngs close to the fuselage. (3)
Flying aas practiced at an altitude of a bout 2 $000 meters, The
planes repeatedly vanished behind thick clouds. During the flying
a truck with a radio mast about 5 motors hi;:;h$ and about 30 :ten,
possibly studarat pilots, -;ore north of the eastern end of the
runway. Three of four trucks and from 10 to 12 Dassenger cars wore
nearby. 1'a blue, biaxial trailer without windows was in front of
the flight control station. .a plane landed at :55 and the
obstacle light was uwitchod .)-a for about 3 ,linutes as it -,,M
raining and visibility was limited.
4. One w'in le-engine, .tour v-in, monoplane and. 23 jet Lighters with
.swept-track .rings were counted at the field on 23 5eptambor 19,;0. (1)
a-1e hangars ware closed. .Pour jot fighters and the din.;, le-e gins,
low-:win;; monoplane practiced flyri.ng between 2:30 and 14 p.m.
There wore only wall cloud gaps and it occasionally rained. The jet
fighters took off at intervals of about 30 seconds, lifted off the
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z; cauzr~d at a speed of about 250 km/h, climbed to an altitude of
about 1,000 meters in about 2 minutes, and flew over the field
above the cloud base. The panes landed at 3 and took off
again at 3:30 P.m. The monoplane made
the same flights as on the clay bof cre a Two radio trucks were at
the eastern end of the runway. one truck had an antenna about 6
i'.eters high, the other had t?ro antenna,5 at the roar, wall which
?ointed uoe'ard to the roar and one antenna forward on the roof.
..out 150 men were standing on the landing field in servora? roues.
device with a shield but without a barrel :ias in U -1e, southeastern
?:::ection of the lanr iw; field, It rosombled a z,un.. (4)
On 20 Se;_)tez:bor 1)!;O there was no aly _7 ? at the field aftuor dusk
zlthou.-h the weather was ~ ood. "he lights :;Q!-e not >,vitched on and
a _rcraf t remained on the larg:3 i ng #iold,
The runway lights,, searchlights on -,)01('..c; ah nit 30 cm high ,, were s till
there ., j. small wooden hut with a radio tower about 10 metars highs
ra, in the extunsi en of the runway to the east. The fi:r . was strictly
,carded. The view was li. ;cited on the southern edge by a board fence
ch zs a out 2,, 2 motors high. Soviot ,guard detail of four to six
.,ion `-s as stationed in Alt Loennewitz a
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(2) The lid on the air intake a. x rture as a:~ oar ;ntl a rote ctf an a Painst
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(4)
Fro)ia the description the planes are Yak-11 trainers P
The type or use of the device in the s outhea.stern section of the field
ca:znot be doter?s lied .
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