NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE CZECHOSLOVAK AIR FORCE; MILITARY AIRPORT, BRNO-LISEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
4 OU.NI Y Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT New Developments for the Czechoslovak
Air Force; Tfilit ry Airport, Brno--Linen
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New bombsights, which can also be used as gunsights, have recently been
introduced into Czechoslovakia. These sights, of unusually great precision,
are made by the Zeiss Works in Jena. Czech fighter planes are now eauitaped
for use in close combat with new 20 mti and 37 mm guns which operate on the
same basis as the rocket guns produced by the Germans during World War II.
The rocket explodes after travelling a distance of about 400 yards and the
'resents in turn explode when they come In contact with a solid body or with
other fragments. During the exploslor, y7.17ot smoke can be observed,,
2. About 600 single jet fighters have been delivered to the Uzeuaossuvax. aru
as of May 1950. The planes -re being produced in the Eastern Zone of Geri y,
probably mainly in the former Junkers factory in Dessau. The factory there
was not damaged during the war and is said to employ about 126,000 workers
The following three types of new planes have been observed at close range
on the ground at the Brno-Linen airfield (P50/N40):
a. Type "A" (See Attachment III) Improved heavy Messerschmitt fighter
(Ms 262-"Sehwalbe"). This plane can
be used as a light bomber.
Engine 2 turbines and device for additional
rockets.
Wing span
Length
Maximum speed
Maximum cruising altitude
Fuel capacity
b. Type "B" (See Attachment 1V)
Maximum speed
'Maximum cruising altitude
17 in.,
12 m.
About 540 mph.
About 26,000 ft.*
Fuel for about 1 hour in the air.
Two engines
About 520 mph.
About 30,000 ft,
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c. r:~rpe "C" (See Attachment V) Single--engine jet fighter
Wing span About 11 in,
Length About B in,
Engine 1 jet engine with device for auxiliary
rockets for starting and climbing,
Maximum speed 750 mph.
Maximum cruising altitude 429000 ft.
The raw planes are flown mainly by Czechoslovak pilots and are painted a
special blue-green color, the paint being similar to nitro-varnish (sic). As
the weather changes from sunny to cloudy, the color also seems to change,
thus .,mking it very difficult to sight the craft in the air. A number of
theses planes are also located at the airfield at Vyskov 050,hh7l) and
Olomouc (r5085).
The > i1itary airport loc?z.ted at Brno-Linen nt present accoimodateaabout
70 planes In 9 hangars. f The aircraft are used for training purposes and 25X1 B
for military air patrols.
Facyl:.ties are at hand for repairing all types of aircraft now at the field?
The a_'.rfield, although not equipped with runways,, is suitable for landings
even after long rainy periods.
New underground hangars for some 50 aircraft have been under construction
since the beginning of 191+9 (see Attachment I), and this project is to be
com+pl ted by the fall of 1.950. The hangars are supposed to be bomb-proof
and p: a,nes will be taken in and out by elevators. Underground bomb-proof
ga.sol _ne storage tanks with a capacity of 16..00 0 gallons are also being
constructed. The construction is to be completed by duly 1950.
Eight V L (sic) anti-aircraft guns and an observation tower with searchlights
and r :.chine guns afford ,anti-aircraft defense for the field. Nine Vbsser:> 3c"mitt
Me-109Fs and five Foci -WWuif F"bd 190s are available for patrols in the area of
01e ove and the Austrian border. At least two and generally three planes go
into the air together daily.
The Military Air School for elementary training is to all outward appearances
under the command of the Czechoslovak military headquarters of the airport,
but Soviet officers are the real directors. About 18 - 20 Soviet officers
weariig Czechoslovak arrq uniforms with the rank of first lieutenant and higher
act au instructors. There are about 20 Czechoslovak officers attached to
the school. Training lasts from six to twelve months and one company of ebouxtt
20P men is trained at a tine,,
Attachments: I - Nrno--Linen Airport, with keey~.
11 - Brno-L1sen Airport
III .. Fighter Type A
IV - Fighter Type B
Fighter Type C
Coment: The cruising ceiling of this plane is given on
Attach nt III as 1200CO yards.
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