SCHOENEFELD AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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0 During the period from 24 June to 6 July 19510 source observed that 40 officers0
40 to 50 EU, and 9 aircraft were transferred from the Diepensee side of Schoene-
feld airfield to the Schoenefeld side of the installation. The officers were
billeted in building to 55 Officers carried on the daily ration list included
Lieutenant Colonel ::akhanov (fnu), 1 lieutenant colonel, 3-majors, 5 ca)tains,
15 senior lieutenants, and 15 lieutenants in addition to the pilots that arrived
daily. This number varied from 10 to 40. The officers wore blue- bordered yellow
epaulets with a black partition stripe in the middle. Lieutenants wore tuo golden
star S0 senior lieutenant; 3$ and captains 40 Field grade officers had epaulets
? divided by tuo black longitudinal stripes. :lajors wore I star, lieutenant
colonels 20 and colonels 3. The stars are lareor than them worn by junier (Moore
Uniforms worn wore khaki colored with metal clips on their left breasts. The
pilots arriving at the field wore black-bordered blue opauleta. The 40 to 50 EN
mentioned above were quartered in building No 41. The kitchen and messhalls were
in reconditioned buildin o 44v Building no 43 was occupied by utility ohops.
The nine aircraft mentioned above wore parked on hardstand No 35. Four of these
?lanes, twin-engine aircraft, wore gray green and fitted with partitioned cock-
pits, tail wheels and had yellow northers on their tail units. Another twin-engine
plane was silver nray? fitted with double wheel landing gear, nose wheel, and had
a yellow number on its tail unit. The remaining four aircraft were biplanes and
had white numbers on their tail sections. The numbers 2, 30 and 5 were seen.
. At 3 p.ma on 27 June, a silver gray Polish plane marked by the letters "n)-LIIC"
and fitted with a nose wheel, landed at the field. Imnediatoly afterwards,
another plane with the letters "COOP- 1842" landed there.
At 2 pora on 1 Jelyn 3 gray green twin-engine aircraft with a red star on
aacn landed. The planes, which had partitioned cockpits, taxied
to nieponsee. At 3 p.m.oa silver gray twin-engine plane fitted wila a double
wheel landing near and a nose wheel landed at tho field. The plane had the
letters "LT - LUC". A plane of the same configuration, but with the letters
"COOP - )1 1819" landed at 3:10 p.m.
? The following flight schedules were observed: Take-off of a Rumanian plane at
4..45 a.m.; take-off of a Soviet plane at 6:20 a.ma; arrival of a Saaiet plane
at 3 p.m0 which had taken off on the previous day at 6:20 a.m.; landing of a
Polish plane at 11 a.m. The plaNeoneratinn between aarsaw and Paris would land
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at noon on alternate days. In mar47 cases the :nicht schedules urro
not net. elays of several hours occurred frequently.
o? acivitit-3s observed at the field dnrinz the period fron 10 July
to 2 Aucust included:
Date Activitz
10 July Lnnding
13 July
16 July
25 July
ilyin from
10:10 to 11 p.m.
Lan,diaz at 11 a.m.
Take-off at
11:30 a.m,
Landings at
5:15 p.m.
Ta!7e-off at
6:20 a.m.
Land1n2; at
11:30 a.m,
idraraft
1 1.)iplane -ah--Lte
number 3 on tali !.-:nit
1 biplane
encine plan
1 silver cray i;wia-
enzinp pleas with nose
wheol$ uhit:?-rod square
on tail unit
same pinne
2 cray Greel trci.mr,oncine
planes with a red star
on their taLl nits
1 tivin-on.3f.kccrcf lot
:anne 7.rith
1 relish twin-cniae
piano th nose 7:hee1
and a vjite.rec. square
on its tail unit
Take-off at noon same plane
Three Win-encino planes and 5 biplanes were seen on hard stand flc 35,
26 July Take-off at 1 tain-enine terelot
6:20 a.m. nlane
Flyinc from
1-3 p.m,
Landinc from
9:30 p.m.
1 2ieseler 3to/ch plane
Aeroflot pir.e4 which
was scheduled to land at
3 p.m.
Three twin-eno,ine planes rid eiht biplanes were parked on hardsttnd 1.() 35.
An olive drab twin-cncine plane uhich had the 1etters"0001) '10.56" was
parked in front of htuv;ar 11, Hancars 11 and 15 were empty. A- Fieveler
3terch plane was seen at arda o 28,
Date
30 July
Activity
Landinr-, at
11:30 a.m,
GOLT:..01, 1!-3 0:U7:J.:Lb OrLY
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1 s ilvor ;;ray fttA-orcirie
plane, with nly:,o whoelo
lettered "'T.-MC" and marked
by a rtd_to-red squsro on its
tail
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Landing at
2 p.m.
Take-off at
2:30 p.me
Landing at
2:15 Nme
Take off at
245 Nme
Landing at
3 p.m.
1 August Landing at 3 p.m.
2 August
Landing at
2:30
Landing at
3:15 p.m.
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Aircraft
1 silver gray twin-engine
plane with door on right
side of fuselage and marked
by a uhite-red square on tail
unit and lettered "SP-Lam
sane plane
1 tin-engine plane lettered
"LFIC" of the same type
as that above
same plane
1 silver- grey twin-engine
plane with nose wheel and -
lettered "CCCP -j 17142"
1 sliver gray twin-engine
plane with nose nheels
lettered "COOP ?...1819no
and red narkine on tail unit
1 silver gray twin-engine
planes lettered "SP-LCD"
1 twin-engine plane, nose
wheels red marking on tail
unit, and lettered "CCCP-
21 1743"
Passenger cars B 7-80-27 and C 544-31 were seen at the field on 10 and
15 than, On 19 July, five biplanes were observed on hardstand No 350
An additional five biplanes were said to have been panted in hangar No 15
in Diepensee on this (ley. Aeroflot planes operate on All days except on
VOndays0
7. Aircraft pnrked in the northern corner of the field from 9:30 a.m. to noon
o: 7 July included: 5 transports equipped with radial engines and fitted we ,h
nose wheels, numbers 470745, 47191, 47873, and 5982 were identified plane
47873 was fitted with a rod white propeller hub; a silver Aeroflot plane
fitted with two in-line engines and a nose eheel. Rear half of the rudder
assembly was eellaus , and the worei"Aero,lot" was on the fuselaee in red
letters Six b;planes, includina 2 -with the white numeers 2 and 6 were seen
Trucks 5-30-7a Ts E 5-30-78 Ts and E 5-30-80 T loft the gate on the westem
side of the airfield about 10:30 a.m. No flying was observed between 930
and noon.
8. For 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (n 31 July, six tvin-engine transports with the
=bars 5979, 5982, h7191, 476745, 477197 end 466873 were parked an the
west side of the installation. This side MS reserved for commercial air-
ceaft. The numbers rem in yellow on the rudder assemolies above the Soviet
stain Four biplanes were also soon. Two twin-oneine transports were seen
in the nilitary section of the fields on the east side of the easeallation.
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Hour' ActiyitZ Aircreft ,
, 9:20 a.m. Take-off . 1 biplane, white number 6
on rudder assedbly
9:45 a.m. Take-off 1 transport No 5982
10130 a.m. Landing 1 transport; parked in the
military section of the field
11:40 a.m. Take-off 1 transport's:Lir rectang3e
on rudder assembly preceded by a
two-digit number in red
11:50 a.m. Take-off 1 biplane
11:55 a.m. Landing 1 Polish commercial plane
12:30 p.m. Landing 1 Czech commercial plane
12:55 p.m. Take-off 1 Polish commercial plane
4:10 p.m. Lanang 1 Soviet commercial plane; the rear
half of its rudder assembly was
yellou; the Soviet star MUS re-
placed by a red flag
4:12 p.m. Landing 1 Soviet commercial plane of the
sane type
0 p.m. Landing 1 JU-52 with Bulgarian national
colors and white-green-red an
udder assembly
5:10 p.m. Take-off A Czech commercial plane. *
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* 111111190mment, The report sham that the airfield is still being used by
"HUZ-i.--art-irf-viAous airline an No Soviet air unit is stationed at the field
For location of numbered buildings, see Annex to
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