AIR FORCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 13, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CQUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Air Force
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
,NIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED I
REPORT
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DATE DISTR. tj Oct 1949
NO. OF PAGES
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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.The Hungarian Air Forces have no combat formations at present. They have
only training units and, consequently,-only training cadres existo
Present 0Fganiza.tion of Air Force:
(A)
Air eld Command
Matyasfold
School
otor Assembly
(B)
Flight Trng Co.
wldwff
MAW
(C)
Pilot School Parachute rng o.- Pilot, =000
Parachute Trng Cadre
(F)
Air Force e
S zekesf ehervar
.is as follows.-: 1. Commanding Officer
1 Adjutant
1 tai Officer
1 Food Supply Officer
1 clerk, a. non-com
(a) Only the most necessary buildings are in repair. The commanding officer
is Maj Marton Zold and the Adjutant is Lt Bordas. The strength of headquarters
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Szolnok
Airfie Command
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1 non-com and 1 soldier in charge of buildings
1 physician
1 Medical Corpsman
1 non-com in charge of motor vehicles
3 drivers
1 truck
2 passenger cars.
Kossuth Acad Grp C.0.:1 1st Lt Istvan Kardos
50% of the recruit group is under the supervision of the ground
crew for training. The other 50% went to special courses to learn
photography, meteorology and the handling of arms. This group-dis-
solved after the recruit training, 30 of them becoming pilot
trainees and the others receiving training until the end of-the
year. The group of 30 pilot traineeslafter two weeks of theo-
retical training,started their practical flight training with Bucker-
Jungmann aircraft. Until the end of 1948 there were eight 13r.gker-
Jungmann planes and one Arado 96.
Commanding Officer: Lt Col Janos Gyenes
Deputy Commander: Maj Annor Lang
Recruit Commander: lst Lt Adnor Balogh
(b) The Flight Training Company at Matyasfold was formed on 1 Feb 48.
96 recruits started service on 15 Mar 48. On 15 Apr 48 cadets of
the Kossuth Academy started a six-month training course.
The commander of the Parachute Training Company is Capt Ferenc Gado.
The strength of the Company is about 80 men, mainly aspirants and
non-cones. The Company was formed on 1 Nov 48 and is under the Air-
field Command at Szolnok. The soldiers receivc six'weekS? training
in infantry and partisan tactics, after which comes instruction in
gymnastics and parachute techni.gie, 'with'a final period; for actual
parachute training. All arms and materiel are of Soviet origin.
The Flight Training
Commanding Officer:
Deputy Commander
Adjutant
Recruit Strength :
Aircraft
Company at Szolnok was formed on 1 Sep 48.
Maj Istvan Gellert
Capt Istvan Tuba,
let Lt Gyorgy Gevay
53 men
36 U.T. 2 (Soviet make)
6 Bucker -. Jungmann
8 Bucker - Trostmann (a second-grade school
machine)
4 Skol school planes
1 Aero 45, school bombing plane
Gn.soline on Hand: 45,000 litres blocked suup14.._
(e) Air Force Repair Shop at Szeskesfehervar3s staffed as follows:
Commanding Officer : Maj Endre Kenez
Adjutant Lt Ferenc Lukacs
Chief QM : Capt Kornel Meresz
Strength: 1 commanding officer
1 adjutant
1 chief,
1 qM officer
3 aspirants
1 service aspirant
;1 technical officer
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1 clerk aspirant
3 assembly aspirants
2 motor assembly aspirants
4 kite assembly aspirants
3 asst. assembly men
2 draftsmen
All told, there are five officers, 19 aspirants, 60 soldiers, 50 civil--
ian employees,f our parachute-sewing women, 30 metal workers and three
woodworking machines.
Material in Repair Shop: 110 parachutes (US origin)
70 parachutes (Soviet origin)
4 new Messerschmidt motors
1 110cm searchlight
The repair shop can repair four planes daily. There are no reserve
motors., -Motor repair and motor changes are done in the Csonka Gep--
gyar Machine Factory. After the repairs are done they are checked by
the repair shop,
Pi~ng Constrmetion: The new model of the Erno Rubik is the 1..18.
This Diane is used t, tow gliders. It has a 130 H.P. engine
Possibly rated by Hungarian power units/ and can take a gl-1.der
to a height of 3900 feet in four to five minutes. Production of.this
plane has started.
In the neighborhood of the Esztergom Camp, the bombed factory has been
reconstructed and is the largest airplane factory in Hungary. Also
in Esztergom there is a small factory, called hero "ver, which is pro-
ducing gliders. This factory was half finisned in 1944 when it was
bombed out. New glider construction includes the Pergeteg S.O. II,
(wing span 18 metres, length 11 metre and the Moka. S.G,II for which
only technical drawings have been made.
it TraninE Done o the Air Force: The Hungarian National
Aviation Society O.M.R.E. handles training camps for students who
solo after four weeks' training. Their training plane is the Bucker-Jung-
mann. They have established an aviation-motor-assembly school and
apprentice shop. The OMRE is doing prelinimary and advanced train-
ing. Courses last three months. Registration through recruiting is,
done three times a year. After finishing the course the students go
to Matyasfold or Szolnok for further military training, Training there
is done in Arado 96 type planes. The center of the OMRE is at 18 Stalin
Square in Budapest. OMRE training cadres are in Budaors, Esztergom,
Gyor, Balatonkiliti and Algyo.
54, ,fields now it use in Hungary
Date
Location
Occupied by
Units
Stationed There
Size Runway
Remarks
Civilian Military
June
Hangers are in
1000X
Former civilian
1949
Szombathely
-
Maszovlet
-----
ruins
1500 ------
& military field
Juno
ekes fehe
z
ar
2 Bomber Sgds.
150 bombers arrived
I V49
Sosto-Toc
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Soviet
(2 motor bombers
----- -----
5 Aug 49
May
Veszprem
2 night pursuit
1000x
1949
-utas
----
ii
nH
a
squadrons
1500 -----?
ry
3
June
zentkiraly-
2 bomber
Hard to approdchp
1949
szabadja
-------
Soviet
squadrons
---
boWi.1y = rdedo.:-
July
or
Maszovlet
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1 giant hangar
2100x 1000x
1949
in two parts
2200 120
Rebuilt
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Date
Location:
Oc^ ied
Units
Civilian Military
Stationed There
Size
Runway
Remarks
June
Under cons
ructions
To be the
(2)
1949
Papa
"National
irfield", -
Drainpipes are
----
lOOx
under the.
ield.
.600m.
July
1949
olca
Ta
Under cons
ruction
-
--
-
--
p
--
----
--
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June
1949
Pecs
Maszvlet
-------
-------- --.
-----
------
Only for traffic
purposes
Jan
1000x
1949
Budaors
taszovlet
-------
5 hangars
2200
-----a-
------
Feb
1500x
Under construction
1949
Ferihegy
Maszovlet
-----
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-----
150
and enlargement
July
1949
Szolnok
-----
Hungarian
viation training
-----
___-
_______________--
cadre, Par
chute cadre.
June
1949
Debrecen
oviet
---------?
1500x
2000
--
-
-
---
-
-----
-
- - -
--
--
1949
Miskolc
Under const
ruction an
enlargement --
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-----
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July
1949
Szeged
Maszovlet
----
-----?---
-----
---
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July
Hungarian
1949
Matyasfol
-----
ungarian
aviation trng.
cadre
Aug
1949
Kenyeri
-----
oviet
7-8 pursuit
companies
-----
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Aug
1949
Alag
-----
oviet
1 pursuit Sgdn
1 recone eompan
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