A. GERMANY, SOVIET ZONE OF OCCUPATION

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A. Qc r, doviet Zone of Ooau ~atjon
Infora~tion on Var1bu. lirtieid
Brandi. ('H .ketch)
1. Loeatior two kiloaster. east of Brandi.
2. dco..dbilityt road fray Brandis, in good conditioa. The road
ii cloud to all oivilian traffic betaesn 8readi. and Im alit..
'There is no actual spur lino to the held. The nearest rail line
touohes the briOkp*rd one kiloaater foa the field.
3. 8eaoon. there Las no light beaoona on the ziaw for night
Shers ie lighting our on the .utern and aoutherr aidee
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vu? ii?id,
ooogi.ting of five rid beacons on poets two peters in height.
4. Radio installations ore antenna tour in the aorth.aatern part
of the tield near the village of Leulita.
5. The fields
Dime~aaion.s 2300 by 2000 meters
one rutstay) bard?$urfIoed (aspbalt), 1700 by 100 aeter.. Mreotioa of
runway! Welt southwest - Bast northea.t.
?ailing road (accred to the runway) of light?oolored concrete. The rest
of the field is covered with grams.
Jo obstacle is the vio14ty of the field. The field is surrounded by
hedges.
b. Baildingss two airorft basagars (1 and 4 on .ketob) j two peraa-
weat three-story butadings (Z and 3 on aketc a) Building g ii an. a ni.w
trative building, while building 3 is oooapi.d by the Coammaist Party and
oca aand unite and has the ooatroa, tower, with wind.sleev., on top.
In the eastern pare of the field there are two sheds, the sntrsuaeee
to which are 10 meters wide so that they can easily aoooaaodate figbt.r
airaraft and truoko loaded with aamudtion.
On the opposite side, at the sod of the road leading to the
yi
tbarrr is a Dube oi' earth l~ by l~ by 3 ruts~r, aa~errd with awns. ~d ,
without air moans of entrance. It ka doabtleor oortains gasoline Ntora
do
tanks.
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7. Dotivitri 10 !M 9! on the field
dltenb(Munsa or Nobits )
1. Oocuputiona umohanged.
Bnoe 1~ Iaroh tbere has been inoreadng aetivityr praotiee flights
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in4 foraation~ i..prI I.p by fives generally aooospanied by a bipl s.
2. Arrival of airorafti On 30 Yareb ~2 Wia-engine trsnsport
aircraft landed saooeseively. They cue frog Berlin and oonlinaed on
to dohrercberg ( Lusaoe) . Tbey were tra*rporting documents evaenated froa
Berlin. Pert or the aavae collection of documents is still in three
residences near Berlin.
81cr0obi Brnudi? Airfield, seals 1/25,000
Leipsig?MOQk*U
ironed the edged of the airfield the Russians have installed 25
anti?airoraf oennoa - of large oalibrr. lost of them are covered
with oamouf1ogo nets.
No special aotivitr oould be deteoted except for this fact.
9tevdal'Borstel
Reduced activity at the field during the day. az Inteneo abtivi-
ty trou nightfall one flights of twin-engine aircraft in foraatione
of three above the city. These practice flights dud about 2300 hdure.
8ohkeudits
There are no aircraft at the field! at present. sbe Russian foroe
hair been reduced to about 50 x guard perso~pel. ,
talkensee
This Noo5dr7 tiild, located an HNcenarub~rstrsss? in !'a11~wsM,
is occupied at present by an aviation eebool.
1. Permoutulr about 1r000 uu- r instructors and etadeis
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;. V.i'ttrricls 1!' to 2a ai,rozvt, btp1ane~, trt?engiae, radial,
tive.aylir4der engine.
One hundred antt" siroratt piece (sv.rnge ooliber)
were not identified.
The ontiairerat artillery end the trucks acre new j they arrived
at lalkensee about three weeks ago.
:3. Constructions conatruotton of earthworks and of wooden borradce
(201 OerLau roskera on the latter prc3eot, direeted by the "8peoia1 Con'
etruotior 9wrenu for the Soviet Ooci py.rg Powor", hlkeneee Office et
!oetVtrc~aoe
Poretel (near Jtcudat1)
The ntnaber of fighter aircraft stationed hero has just been increase!
froo 40 to 80.
There am no Jet aircraft on the field.
Duriz'g the last four wreke eight to ti izache freight trate have
arrived at 9tendal z tttian (Ennt Station) and have waloaded a ,nitioa
and light neriol baba which have been transported by true to the 8orstel
airfield.
Other atn coition has s1ao been brought is by aotor oomroye and
has bccr stored at the field.
"Arsdo" Airfiold at 3r audepbu2'g/~1ave1
A. On the gxlo%mc; 85 fighters, tLK 3; 16 biplanes; 8 twin"engine
combat c~iror,ft.
It little farther away there are 50 to '70 other aircraft Which
nail' r,~nlat~A fAr terr.nr target sleeve.
std sea a.
Depots c There it/n dwap for bo*abs and amannition in a park boated
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on the other side of the road across from the airfield.
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The ammwaiLion is euPPeeed to have been unloaded there about three"
four weeks ago.
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yt t , Mi+roh 7? t{titer sircraft on the ground.
Witt
Only the "Rorst?Roapanien' (airfield ooa+penies) sand the personnel
of the P1ghter equridrona~ pro on the field. There are no boabera, but
only 'ightare and biplnnee. The troops at the field are always the eaaur.
Aoreti,1 (near Feudal)
About 1500 aaetera wept of the v11age of Roretel there is an aaneu-
nition d~iam belonging to the cirf field. The aseunition is stored in
buildinge. Derain pereormel is not eraplored here
8req~denburg/~riest
No unite or any air aotiv54r, Only "nleaniug?up" work.
8tankau
Ten fightera took off from this airfield today. The field has a
concrete runway, eearohlights, buoons on the grotmd, and signal lights
on obntno1se. Intents air nativity at night at this field.
Frankfurt/Odor
For the last lour weeks there have been !lying personnel here ( offi~
C021 and troops, wearing propeller blades as insignia).
There to a staff here which hae not yet been idintiled.
Werneuohen
1. Elevations ~O Deters
2. Oategory: fighter
:. Diaenaiona s length 2500 aaetere, width 1800 a otere.
4. Slope i mane.
5. Runways: No. 1 ?- 2000 meters long, 60 meters wide, oonorete,
good oonditionj No. 2 -~ 1800 ueters long, 60 meters wide, oonorete,
not suitable for nee.
6. Reaoons for night gees in operation.
7. Obetaclee located near the fields forest, trees elan to eeven
a eters tall.
8. fangare s Three, l O aaetern long, 80 metere wide, good corilitlon.
9. Areas where airorat are stationed a Dee aketob.
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workshops s lee rketeh.
11. 7s1 dumps on, oepeoity not known.
32. Gonionetrio servioes bee sketch.
13. ltudio stations now.
24. ~!etoorol I ioal rurloes none.
15. Wit *z' oupply: exist.
16. Food supp~ys exiato.
17. Madioal pervious none st the field.
1. Dircotioa of pruvailii,g wiados wart.
:19. Viaik~ Llit~r s goad.
0. 1 ilroud aLt`!on oervii the aixrflutds irnouahen, loo+tted on
he i3drlin-iiefeiwae line.
21. Road nerving the airtields Berlin - Tiefensee, Claw A.
22. Looul transportation: asuured to Berlin.
23. Unit iLutioned at fields one tank unit,
4. lmsnwaition dumps sec aketob; oap -oi ty not known.
25. Rader ins.tallstions none.
26, auaxu aervioe; very strict.
27. I ortif ioetion works none.
2. ~Catvricls 46 tighter airoreft, 20 of which hate been identified,
the reuu lndcr boing oamou1laged ( see sketch).
Deucriptiolas gonoplc*ne, single-engine, single-rudder; retraotabie
lending gsAr; lovwirg; tapering fueeltiej retr&ctable tail wheel; clipped,
bitrape oi& l pings. (Probably TAX 9).
8ketoh s 'Aei'neuohen Airfield
Grossenhain
Thera wc;s intEnce activity over Groeaenhain from 1 to 27 March 1949.
The aircraft izavolved wert~ probably L 5 z e.
Description: onoplano, single "engine, lax-wing; clipped, bi-trapeaoida~
wings; single redder; cleated iueelage p retraotaable 1unding gear.
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Perlevr~ ~
3Q i'.tbia eery i'yl Z.O trrt'Ywrr at the tiold.
G1'uu}-s (4 rrtu4enta ou~iaiating of ten to thirty men arrive apd
learn
interah tt`ntly.
'training exr~rolaod ae tol I oasj
t41'get praotioe with sleeve target
take.'off and landing praatioe, individua agwcdrona
' and in
The field 1ws inotallatir,rls for night ?3yingg.
In the odntrul buildirg there io euprosed to bi a diwieion at
Forowa o~riaiat of obly one :'e~iment with three battalions
Peraonneli in the town itarlf there is an "outhide N
the division. In the oentrsl building there is V 1, "
i radio sta-
tion LUld there pare aluo ive radio ours on the field.
South afi the field, in the woods, there are revere/ aircraft earl
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flaged in oonorete boxinga and covered with tarpaulins.
X1otsaohe
25 to 30 twin-engine eiroraft on thef field.
Siaoe the last week of laroh great activity hee been observed o~adr
the field.
heUeruu (Welsdorf)
The popular designation is 'new airfields.
Xvery dar ono ci' two trainloads of auaaaunition arrived at the field.
The road which leads to the field is partly below ground, and the storage
depot 1. an u ergrt nd hangar. It is used by aroored units as a ara
pz'actiee R ge
for tanks. The field serves ao a z**bi field for tanks.
There &re also supposed to be two mall fighter fields in D2?eedens
1. Xadits Ito the west), in the triangle between the e;utobahn
the lebeul station on the line from Berlin, and the Xlb.,
2. Reiok Ito the south) 3 Not far trots the station of the
same name on the Dresden pima line.
Strauaberg
held is empty.
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Aerneua~n
cii' t a,eri 1 Lct ti vity.
arand~e-~ol~
0reat weal of Misr r~otivit~, ~'liglits in groupt- of dix and twelve
sirorai`t with air oowbat praotine.
1 reoer~ ll1y of the airoratt on the ground et the field gave the
followinj iguress three bipl4nes, used as h liaison mil planes, snd
70 to b0 fighter t~iruruft.
the liaison uiroraft takers off every e3 ty r,t 1104 hours toward the
east, an4 r turus aruund 100 1(00 houi'o.
The ma jority of the afficeau and their f'asailios 're quartered in
Br*ndis.
xlotssobe (a,' sketch)
k,vdral airorbft (P02) (ttuainera)
eix bip1an n
about 140 fighters of Ruseisn type (III 3 and 9)
bout ~x eight transport airordit, which rarely lerve the Broutrd.
K1otsso1:ie airfield aust be subordinate to aroeeenhain, beoauae nua.r'
ouN flight* ere made in th*t direotion and taany officers and go there
by roil or in +ruoke. wcxrkshaF
The field is ooap1ete1Y asphalted sad has in all fivef iaiasti.
two airci*ft are, a voz'r large building for the airfield directorate,
a even aw"aitioa etorags depots, and two gaac1ine duape, ei eh 'irith a caps.
city of 100,000 k ' tra ?
Alevation of the fields 226 to 22 meters above eea.level.
/'obits
transport aircraft at the field. Flighta are very infrecuent.
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e kiss been obsezved to take off toward the north evert dalr; it
A hip
is gone for three to four hours.
Bk.tohr ?lotaaohe Airfield
Reys - Goatoandor's building; B M workshops (a); 4 - Fire etattan;
D . HigaraJ A ? barracks; F Gasoline tanks; 0 ? aromaaition dump.
Auto de tir ? firing range. ?ECFET
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I. Znto*'aation on VNrious Airfields
8traeaho!
Loo~tionl 3tst of odnc~erndorfntrnone hp `~~~-n t,~
, a town. of 9tros~.
hr~f tiad beutroh.Aegrsm,
oooapots()ni RAavily nf'+12 ted.
Airorrtt t There ore 200 to 250 airoroft oft
yrca P! 2 and P~ 3 at,
thatrfield, i1no AeveraX flp~hter airorAtt, At the ~ge ni' the tors
r f Streoahot, to * ena1i word, thvr+r 'ire oev, rn1
. , ackA ~ n xhiob the
F!u~bTne keep trtioke with 1?oen~e ntx,hrra 1(17Mt;~
.., . nd trreo P! a typs
airorai't,
~-uteoh~l~ngrom
The eteff of the unite nt Straaeht,r and ~~~ttnah?R
~grnm to l,ooated
in Oeateoh?Magrs?.
Oocupetioni 400 t,o COO men, ur.rf~ered in r -,"+ bil.let.e~
p$ The
Ruec+i,ene domand"'hat, the Aiu tri. n gnvArnnont r-onntrt:ot, hif,tn fnr the
men. The pro joet to vnlued at 10 miilton 8hi.1ltn a. 9tr
6 ae tt oarinot
be realired, they err demesndir:g thnt other ballet bo
e rent~,ei.tioned,
Location: The airfield le locnted near the $chweoh
nt ~ zRdltucin6
road, towrd Simherg. Starting at Ir81foxing t+extendrr
tc ~1Tendor~t,
e dintence of tma ki1omet,ere0 T'tn lfngth tcwcrd the at it, three to
four 1-i1ome+?re
Occu tirnt 1(O rnrn, Frnrnximetely, quartered 5.t~ bnrrAa
ke at the
n.irfie]l.
Airora!"tt 1(X' to 130 c-iroraft in the o1'.n e
e ir. The m~ parity ere
of the type PE 2, but there are 20 fighter aircraft of type YAK 3? The
runway is still damaged to a large extant,. The L4rt'1e1d Is at a present
not in a poeitson to undertoke any eignifioet~nt o ~ratjor
p ~s. The Rueeie~ne ,
are ourrent117 undertakb to reoondition it, .
E~ enrtadt
oooupotioni 2500 to 3000 Men quartered in the Ah
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I11idnorried1u11, s but'.dtng belonging to the Landhawa.
Mrftoldt 200 to 250 s lighter airorft of thm type YIN (4) Q
and eevora1 trainer biplanes.
Aotivityo DorIng the past trio weern there hen been no setivitr of
importance. Individual airorrtt hive bead tr-rgct praotioe with s slave
target. No group titghte have bean noted.
c , Naroh, f'or the ftret time in quite n while, tbreo borers wre
observed anming front the rtt rc+atcnn of Parr r orf. 'ihc bombtaro rere town
eleevee at which fighters Troia Traueradorf we rc firs. They dropped
ft few bombe in tho 1t~c. Alter attc+i,nir-~y nnatie altttvde they tlcw over
nieenetadt and then, at ct lower a1t.it,ude, turned towC.rd Hungrr7.
/aenmition dumpos Trcueredorter Tiergctrtcn, Bide of the airfield,
gad MirenstItter Hotter.
4aaoltc d?mpei Traueradorf woods, and on the neetern edge of the
airfield. On 13 Marob some ahipaenta of gasoline arri.Yed et, the ebation.
There were 1~ tank onra, oomi ag ?rose Vtennrt. The gaeoline was taken by
tank trucks to gszqu in the town and to the airf ieid.
? Arndort
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Unoooupied of preunt except for a guard leek of 10 a.en. It is
expected that the field will be >>?ooc pit;d. oral made a traini.rng oentor.
Deutsob.Wagraa
The uuaaber of air core troops is estinitted at ~OOO to E000 aen.
They ars quartered in buildings belonging to the school nd. in oivilisn
resi.denCU. No arrtvnle or departures of troops for never ti weeks. It
the end of January or beginning of February eight tank onre and 22 trunks
(tied.
This wait it quartered at the edge of Oeutsob?Nagrtm on the 8trssshof
road. The inscription TO was obrerved on the gaup. (Motet tuts is
the abbrevtatinn used by the Soviet array Tr tra.n~rpcxt rc~o're. )
At ki1omoter point S, t .rd Strasshnf, to the r! bt r-f the forest
there it a group of tbree butldin i to &. ' ox~,rcvhwir~ Three
twin??pgine uiroraft 1 t ve been ob eIvora 1r. +t?e er~c1 c, nirF, Ttn tar be
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Qan ndorf.
Training flights bane taken pl*ae reguI*rlip with 20 to 30 oiroraft
roppiig bomba over the ores of Weikendorf, three kilometers southeast of
~- trduing owttesr.
gtrare>lot'
About 1500 ! air corps peroonnel, a large naber of whoa ore
nonMf 1 ing per.ooool.
Airfields There az'e suppoaear to t'" about 300 co 4u0 twinpsino
a iroraft. Only 204 have been counted.
11d bus
The take-off runway is oon0rete?$U1 f$0ed/*c ` length of about two
k,llowetera and s width of 60 .born. It is supposed to be extended to
3.5 tiileretere. Another runwtr at right tn~-lea, eleo oonorete?aurfead,
tl~e sare Width and 1.5 kiloa*toro in length , is for the Eoat pert oom-
Nlatad.
Sketolu 252.878.
8treaehof
There are about 800 air corps personnel in the town. The aa,1orit7
are quiQrtered in dormitories.
'there are about 90 airor$-ft on the fiela, 80 of whiob Nre twin-engine,
t*ked off
the remainder fighters. One oiroraft every three tutee, while
another landa gt the saw interval. The botbe: s confine th+maelvee to
" few turns around the field. Oooasiotw-lly there s~ ie bombing prao-
tiow.
Near the repair workshop there am two aircra.tt and four radio o*rs.
Ur+utao1--wegren of sa~aU groups of 20 to 30 men
roxiaate17 150 Nis personnel. apertures/took pl*es by rail
toward huagary.
hottingb r4un (Bad Voulau)
There are general/ 10 to 12 fight r airoraft, 10 to 15 light borers,
and 15 to 20 transport airuraf`t at tl~s 1{o ~i ingbzrunu dux't'ic d.
I *tber oonpiderable transport aotivity? bib b en xaotei 'bitween this
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field and the atrtftidi of Pr~tg~te find ~trno. xna to 1 tutee of geodr
az? unloaded evory &i. The gnO1 I are o1x71.ed htrtank to ! t, Viet
011 the Trieat~.r;, Aerrdor?, !1 rtanbe?' , rind een nld, Th.f nonairt
of aras, exploeirsa, ard taaoh~ nE r / pC+ , e
Te poz'oonne1 'uee'3 fox unhoadl,nc ' h~xni rb~d " a unit of $0 to
400 ren, belonging to he rity onr. The mom rr~dieof they foU~izg
o!'ftoerr have been obtained
rLa j r ' Q!Zo1dw
Wa j or Ardreievitol:
C,tptc~in Luir4tinc'w (ptsnePi,o nre111 r) .
The raatortpx cloettnod for Aerr~ orf ie et~rrd c.pnrntei r (Nor.1 and
and ha- tyy
on the (,ttrcbcd Aketoh). on1~AIet,ri of Light/r chln~t rt~re, nortarr,
pistols, a n d a. itLrn of C t,oh or i n,
SkEiteh i Kottingbzwn Lirtield
Slcetobr Supplement to Seto of Votttn hritnr nSTA ?operrted i tal-
lurgtcaa. plc-n.t, ?~e:~ncornn thc~ Tricet~.ng.
Zwdlfnxirng-Sohwechat
There are 38 twin-engine rrircr ft W h tThrcr-rude rrop~11ere on
thn field. It ie possible that there are alro three or tour aircraft
Ntth fo~~r- lad.@ rropeilgr. e.
2 $,prils ver7 little nir rct~vl.ty.
The field ie sboiit 80(') ineterwide, oriented er pt"west ; Zaadth
about 2,SDO meters. "Fba torture of the Boil 1.e aaob hint te field oan
Igo used in dry weather even by he v~' e1 r, craft, wttbnut a oeu ented rnawa7.
Zisenetadt
At present there are 12 sgwuiranQ of 12 ftgbterr each on the field
?tnd onw eerar to eiroraft. T'hrc are Zeo eeverlt1 bnarzw+e and eever
twin-engine etroraft it dispersed foraattc n. Altogether there are about
1Bo aircraft. !l3.ghta i.n for coati on r. F made rr, d tr-r et rrp,otioe is con-
duoted ua(tng towod sleeves.
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Vbin the weather does not perait flying indoor .Yeroiaes are held.
New students have arrived! the others left toward the end of March,
in twinwengine aircraft, in the direction of 8opraa.
New troops arrived by truck from the direction of Diener-Neuatadt.
Yobs tank oars of gasoline also arrived, and every day gasoline is
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l.tkuijkuriemeil near the airfield. Other troops harm also left
Eisenstadt, leaving a present strength of about 3000 men.
A course for aircraft aeohanios is at present under way. Airoraft
engines and autorobile engines of Amerioan types are dismantled and re-
assembled. New student meohanios are expected.
l~dd x Maneuvers are planned for the neer future over the Wiener-
Neustadt - Eisenstadt urea, including night exercises. Searchlights
are already being set up at the field.
Aepern
There are 80 aircraft at the airfield, the majority of this t~tn~
engine bombers in squadrons of seven aircraft, fire filters on the
ground. With the return of good weather, aerial activity has resumed.
Flights in formation of three a iroraft, rapid landings
There are 12 tank oars on a siding near the airfield,
A primary course for student pilots has 1t just been oonpleted.
rival of students for the following course is expected.
;Aapsrn
250 aircraft on the field, most of them bombers in squadrons of
seven. Only a small number of fighters. , On the side of the airfield
ti rd Vienna there is a fuel duap where at present there are three
tank trucks. Every day bombing practice is held in the area of Loimere-
dorf, eight kilometers northeast of Hamburg.
About two months ago 150 aircraft are supposed to have taken off
fros the airfield toward Hungary. The flying personnel is housed in
the air goac oirps barracks at Aspern, ground crews for the moat part
at Eirsch$tetten.
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Caaps Suborrdinate to the Asp.rn 8na
1. Orcu Entundorf
S9o to 600 men, air oorp. teohniosl pireonfil, is the /toured
berraafts
mn Ka.eraeatrsaae, in the bosses for the ag.d, a Soviet staff
inoluding a auab.r of higher offioers and a.abers of the Soviet polio..
Thirty trucks in the o
2. gelling
very small oooupation fora aside frog the Koarandantur.
A.p.rn
Looation of the fields Known (see Austrian "Landeu~nabsae", 1/25,000,
section 4757/1).
Oaards .oseured by sentinels and patrols of the Soviet Air Corps.
aasonry
uiprents The hangers and aU/buildings ere in ruins as the result
of bombing.
North of the destroyed hangars there is a row of wooden barracks,
the exact number of wbioh could not be determined.
Take-off runways No concrete runway could be seen because obeerva-
tione were made under unfavorable conditions.
Radio station or radio-goniometrio stations No peraament station
could be observed.
Occupation of the fields Counted on the ground on the date of ob-
servation, with a numerioal aoouraoy of 90 peroents
12 single-engine biplanes of small else, very probably P0-2'e.
180 to 200 twin-engine monoplane., law-wing, about two-tbirds
of which were single-rudder and one-third twin-rudder.
Air aotivit7s None on this date because of very bad weather (storm).
L)r I Apj*rent17
and Soviet Air Corps eel Subordinate to the Aepern Field
(saps
,Asperns Building at No. 3 Orossensersdorferstraese, an air corps
resembling a small staff (numerous arrivals and departures of
officers).
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AaperIH 200 meter. north of the bui1ding at No. 52 4roeaeaNereidorter?
etrae.e there is a POL depot inoludi
stationery
5/seta/ tatdcer four aetere in
height and three aetere in dUoeter
I hundred metal drupe
! 4 tank truoke,
There are three wooden barraoke 15 by 7 meterr. Mwhich house
air oorpe pereonnel,
Mperni 200 meter. north of the builds
ng at No. 2'r aroeeeneere-
dorteretrae.e there are lour wooden ?
bay neck. 15 by 7 m.tere ooonpi,ed
by air corp. personae/
0rosLenr34redorlr The "xanrad^ camp, located at the northeartern
edge of the village direct], north al''t
he ~eeling ? Oroeeeneeredor! 2
road, also house. air corps persornel~ It
to a new barraQke, dating
From the time of the nehrma'chtr but
Part3, damaged by bomba. The three
ar lour buildings r-hiob are intact seem to be able to house a total f
of 800 to 1000 men,
This oaovp le .'opposed to be !'u], oaau
l3- pied einoe about mid?Waroh
The men ?eem to be reorvits, ae they do a great deal of drilling without
arm..
4oetsendor!'
120 to 125 airoralt on the grougd 80 of 1 them single-engine C 3'e
or ?A 9tPe, and about 40 txin?engine PE 2'e.
Very little air aetivjty because of the very bad weather (storm)
In the Wargarethen Convent, on the goes
(2.5 kilometer. narbheaet
of the Qoetsendad~t field)* Barracks at
a Bosnian air corps unit the
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strength of which could riot be deteroinedp however, the notor pool in-
eludes about forty ' ordinary truok? end twenty tank trucks.
Ooetsendorf
At present there rare 65 twin-engine airoraft on the field (JU 88's?).
Opposite, rat the other end of the field, there are 1$ 10 to 15 unidenti~
Pied eiraraf0.
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