GROSSENHAIN AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300130004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 16, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO.
On " Juno 1953,E an alert flight of eight jet fighters was parked on the southern
ed&o of t.Irossenhain airfield? Aircraft numbers 13, 16, 21, 31, 110, and 59 were
iden -tified. Two of the
aircraft $ except for t
asEei t;li.es and white--bordered 3oviot stars. * Trio small bulges were seer. on each
V.zi ge, Three trucks, trio tank trucks, two jeeps, and a trailer equipped for the
tr nspor1.ation of troops were parked near the planes,
>yi : sropt-back jet fighters v ere parked in .front of the lame hang.: gars which were
a'.r o st square in shape, One of the -)lanes had a red upper edge on its rudder
a. m.er bly our additional swept-hack- jet fighters and eight sing! o-engi_ re low-wLn-_
uo oplanes with radial engines and painted gray green were parked in .f'rcnt of other
ho: 'ars ,, At 11:25 a.m. an open truck with a rod on top towed a swept-aback jet fighter
#roori one hangar to the northern edge of the field, probably to the firin range,
` 1-hc.rc as no flying between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. althaugh the weather tiic s good. Some
soldiers worked on the jet planes in front of the hangars 4 They started the en-Vin.-..s
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?,c,< os of different sizes were seen on the loading ramp of the spur track ?T They were
u ..c?e of o rood with struts. 6ix of then s er ed large enough to hold two wings of a
se rf=pt-back jet fighter each. The other boxes were longer and wider and nibout as I: rg ,
a_ a ao-di.un-sized boxcar of 15 tons capacity. They had vaulted roafs a -V, attachments
c::' various shapes and sizes. There were five boxes of this type iacludir y two with
,:ho l b rs 245 and 247 on their sides. About 30 s Aallar boxes of dif front sizes
oc,s:i, shapes were also seen on the raiapo A local reside..-It said that the ' ,:es had
23 i;;ay, it vans observed that the jet fighters of t e alert flight hnh red ~?ta garz
ar d red tips on their rudder assemblies. n 29 -ay, the jet fighters. wrL h two-di-it,
ny:araboa s ;gad red tips on their r d'er as emblies, uhoroas the nla:zos ^i : r throe-di ;i.t
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="es we=gin 3:30 and 4 00 p.n., on 4 June, four jet planes with the red
. ~axbers 12, 181 31, and h O and red stripes on the upper edges of their
?rrdder as serabblies circled over the field, rour additional jet p1.ai1es
rere parked in front of the lame hangar.
,)A 9 J`ane, there was no flying because of bad ,leather. i 66 stand by
pia es with the red numbers 12, 139 ~
W8 57, r'49s 5191 and 666 were parked
>n the southern edge of the field. Jtie of the planes had no hurter,, It
s apaare."t1y going to be given one si:nco a not with red paint was
tr^pei7cser1 from a ladder loaning against the cockpit. 0:33y the planes
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t rtwl era had a red stripe on the upper edges of their
10 Ju?ie, there wa:r no flying cause of thtuiderstoms and raia,, The
i:rcraft observed on 9 June were with the alert tactical formation on
11 June. l here was no flying, The weather was cloudy.
8. letwee , D45 and 6 pm. on 12 June, there was flying by a gray blue
v.-Ingle-engine ;ilane with the red number 20, two biplanes and 15 jet
aircraft with the aurnbers 12, 188 32, 56, 57, 58, 608 104, 109, 2399
r789 .579v 6618 666, and 7560 At 2:30
p.m.
a zzray-%reen three- engine plane
.th a bulky fuselage, pad a wing span of about 35 rasters took off from ts::,
field and headed east, the weather was goode
9. A local resident who worked near the spur track said that a train loaded ' th
Large boxes had arrived at the field about 1 Ju.-m,
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Cori.erit, The boxes obsi.rr c3 mr1-- v ..
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loxes Seen at Grossenhain Airfield
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