STARY KRIM AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900200001-5
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Crimean. Oblast)
SUBJECT Staxy Krim Airfield
DATE OF
INFO.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
L: The airfield was northeast of 3 taary Krim (35?6E/15?2'N),
Crimeaan(iast , north of the main road to Feodosiys (35?24'E/
45021N). It bordered on a large grove of fruit-trees to
tine north (for location see Annex),
2., n z t 1946 the 75C.-mater wide laan.d ine field had a N-rS
dihension of 1;,750 rotors and In July i9y 6 about 2,000 maters::
It was expanded to the sou-th as far as the main road,,
3.. A N- 60 x 2a OOO me ter runway was nearing completion in.
July 1946, It tea lJ a 10 cm ;ravel layer, a l5f4cm broken
.,tone layer, and a 12-cm top layer of concrete slabs, each
t} meters square
Four barracks v ere under construction west of the airfield,
nor tai. of the road to 6tary Krim,
'There was school flying with three biplanes, TWlfl Ciro
bomber* and commercial lanes made intermediate landings
at the field,
6, The airfield was on. a plateau, 8 km northeast of atary Kris
north of the road to Feodosiya. A grove of fruit-trees
was west of the airfield but lower thami the field
R, 1.,,200-mneter rlurlv.'ayfl 50cm dears was under construction,
being filled vii th an about 25-cm gravel layer and topped
with large concret$ slabs,,
The following installations were at the field,
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A fuel storage dum;
Thr e e r:. bunko r s
co An ai muniti on dum, , built into -u-e, Sic=i;e, ne rsr t;i;e
fruit-tree grove
The field was occupied by a number of twin=~en i.nc3
aircraft.
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av This resort dating back as frir as 1946 contains
the first infori:iatioa on im,. rover ent Ivor : at tie
former irnt1rov'i ed airfield near Stery ?grin.
bs The irformation on the occupation is not clear,
From the reported ira roverent work anc the previously
resorted bomb'.ng practices near 6udak * it is a,`.:l.i med
ti,at a bomber. xe ;ir ent or a bomber s ci,col is s tU d. one d
at the airf'ielc
1.Lnnex~ 1t8ry rite air field
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