NEURUPPIN AIRFIELD.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100810009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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..__ v*ua jiv 1ty181 ' tnrougnout the day,
3A At 1 p,rr.. on 14 Juno, a swept-back jet fighter was under repair on a circular
apron which vies observed for the first time in the southeastern corner of
the Larding field. The last third of the fuselage and the rudder assembly was
61sasseriblrti from t ie .)lane. One :pan v:as sitting in the place while two other
mon worke~bn the di .astenbl ed section. The. engine was repeatedly started and
developed a considerable :mount of smoke. Next to the plane there was a cart
from tr. cI"i a cable led to the left side of the :iid-fuaelage under the leading.
edK-e of the cockpit, it 5 p.m., the assembled plane was towed aw e by a tractor.,
r:o change in the occupation was obscrvec up to 7 June. Three biplanes had the
numbers 2, h,- ^nd 6. The red numbers 31, 37 and 41. were seen on three single-
engine low-wing monoplanes with radial en,[,ines, -x-n 'le-
25X1 A The airfield is occupied by a fighter regiment, Accordin _- to
25X1A x're -S specter the t.ro~-seaters are also ?'1Ci-l~s which are probably tieing
used for training purnoses-
orr,ent. The purpose of the containers is not known It
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been observed with the fighter regime t stationed at P euruppin airfield.
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On 3 and 6 June 1951, Leuruppin airfield was still occupied by 32 singe-
seater jet fighters and 9 two-seater jet fighters, * Four of the single-
seater pianos, which wr,re not covered with t arp-aulins, wore parked on the
western turning apron. They were probably the aircraft of the alert flight.
On 6 June, 12 single-seater jet planes and four two-seater jest aircraft
practiced flying until 1a:10 p.m. in clear weathers. Eight planes made night
flights after 8 pot,,.
2. On the morninf, of 6 ; Sys eight swept-back jet fighters were towed by trac-
tors to the western end of the runway, At 8:30 a.m. a truck went to the
planes. Upon arrival, three soldiers unloaded 16 cylinder -shaped black gray
containers, each of about 70 to 30 cm length and 25 cm in diameter. One
end of the containers was round while the other was flat. leach plane was
loaded with two containers which were placed in the cockpits. The container&
Seemed to be rnfhnr k,: m,.'.
s possible that
the were oxygen bottles.
Comment. The planes are r b b
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