FLYING ACTIVITY IN THE BRANDENBURG AREA.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006300610008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Etelease 2000/05/18 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006300610008-1
COUNTRY Germany (Soviet Zone)
--~-- REPORT
TOPIC Av`.xst'r
EVALUATION
DATE OF CON
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 1 -ENCLOSURES
REMARKS
-DATE PREPARED- -97 jrt.n'ncar
25X1X 1. There was intensive flyilg with single-eni.ne low-winE rrnoplanes
equipped with in-line en,ines in the ?3randenbur, (id S3/ 23) area
from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. The cloud cover was about 1,530 ,;ieters. The
aircraft, flew in formations of nine and, after breakinp fo .tion over
brandenbur;, came in to land.
20 Firing practice by jet fighters was observed from the autobahn in the
triangle t orned by the localities of Grebs (N .5312 32), Krahne
(N 53/4 22) . and ::icheisdorf (id 53/4 32) about 10:00 a.!u. The four
participatin,, aircraft had swept-back wings, the tail ass orably set
rather high and a silver coat of paint. They dived individually or
in groups of two from an altitude of a1 -out 800 rioters in an anigle of
about 452 ;pulled out of the dive when about 50 Rioters above the
ground and than climbed stop-_)1y. The aircraft approached from an
cast- .est direction a::ainst a rather strong wor;torly ftor re-
gaining altitude the aircraft trade a circle and a.~proached a !min.
They a,:p: i rently fired with an automatic gun with bursts of three to
six round. **
25X1 N Comment. Large numbers of a-irc 'aft equipped with inn-line engines
are not s coned in Brandenbur
It i
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s believed tht thift
.ae arcra which
were observed belong to a ground attack unit which !nude an intermediate
land in; ; in 33randenh r
apparently also employed for air-to-ground firing. The aircraft are bo-
liavod to be assi x ed to the fighter regiment stationed in r3randenburt .
This document is ham
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letter in accordance with the
of 16 October 1078 from'
rom the
Director of Central lntef! gen ;e to the
Archivist of the United States,
Hoyt f;evinw Onfe: 2OC8
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CON El EN'b I AL
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