ASPERN AIRFIELD AND GROSS ENZERSDORF MILITARY POST

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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. ' twa~an 8 a. and :nom
On 14, April Aspern (k 4 i airfield was observed o., .
At 8 a,4Q g fqur I4iG-15s
were towed to; the eastern end of the runway. Four starter Carriages :rove TO 'Gila
tails of the four .aircraft which- were started shortly afterwards0 It was ohseraad',
that there were many instruments at the rear side of the carriages,, After a white
flare had been shot, the four MG-15s began to taxi on the runway, while four
additional MiG-15s were towed from the revetments to the runway. At 9:04 acme
the first MG-15s took off in groups of two at intervals of 20 seconds and
ae.embled to four-finger formation. At 9:19 a.m., the next four a1iG-15a
took off. The following take-offs were
observed: At 9:3 a.m., 2 s? at :47 dome, 4 MiG-15s; at 9:58 F 0M.
4 11U-15s at 10:09 a,mo 2 MG-15s
at 10:37 aom,e, 4 3:G-15a and at
10:2 aomo two additional UiG--15s. None of the aircraft had returned by p,,mao
They were all fitted with large auxiliary fuel tanks,,
Asper airfield was occupied by a total of about 30 1iG-15E
0 9 Fe-2, 3 single engine monoplanes and. 1 biplane. Four of the MG-15s were
covered. with tarpaulins and parked west of the flight control build ingg o The AAA
placements at the Fuel, I p West were vacant., The vacant garages and temporary
buildings were guarded. 1.,, 2 and 3
2 Three officers 'wearing red-bordered black epaulets left the Aspern komendatura
building0 There were no sentries in front of the building. The antennas had been
removed from the house at 110 4 Siegeaplatz. Four artillery officers and
trucks driver wearingr red-bordered black epaulets er?e
seen in front o this bui.ding0 The officers' club was occupied by air force
personnel o Truck and van-.like truck I ere parked in the yard.
of the buildings The buildln_rs or. Lobaugasse were not guarded.. The gates were
boarded ups There was no guLLrd at the vacant garage at 13 Zachgasseo Several
Soviet women. in air force uniforms were living at a house in Easling ~. The
Konrad Kaserne at Gross Enzorsdorf still quartered air force units. However",
according to the traffic observed, the occupation was not as heavy as befou'e o In
air force guard was posted in front of the vacant home for aged people. The
vacant build iarg at 24.3 Kaaer ner.-strasse was not guarded o The fuel dump at
Schloseh.ofer Strasse war not occupied.. There were no guards nor other personnel
seen at the radio installation at the eastern town border o The antenna however
was still there. -
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3. At 700 a.m. on 16 April, the following aircraft were parked at Aspern
ai.rfielda Twelve ?e-2, probably not airworthy,, parked in the southwestern
corner of tb.e field; 5 14i0-15s parked west of the flight administration
building, 3 single-engine two-seater loww-wing mono ?lanes with rounded wing
tips,, radial engines, and two-bladed propellers; and 1 biplane. There was
a 10/10 overcast at an altitude of 1, 500 meters and, good. `nisi bilityo Motor
S vehicles parked at the eastern edge of the runway included one radio truce
with rod antenna,, one truck with box-like superstructure;, one trucks one
Jeep with.white flag and many vehicles which had been moved out of the
garages, There were no activities at the field until 8.45 aom. when ,..
HiG-15 s fitted with large auxiliary fuel tanks,,
approached the field from east-southeast at an altitude of 300 meterso The
n1 craft landed at 8855 a.m.
By, :2 p omrm , the motor vehicles were taken rrom a area
60 percent of those vehicles were back in the garages. The FUG-15a which had
landed at the field were parked in a north-south liner, sore of them.were
covered with ta~* paulins
4. At 2 pomc trucks #ere parked near the garages. Fuel
Dump. West; was being refilled from many' fuel rucks. The empty fuel trucks
left in the direction of Wiinterha..fen (a harbor on the . Dtantube ) fl probably
an ?0'rop fuel depot located there. Some of the fuel. trucks were of a new types,
they were painted beige and had the exhaust pipe in front under the engine.
The tapping of one of these trucks lasted only 15 to 20 minutes. Motor vtohiclee?j
observed.at the fuel dump
On 15 Aprils, Aspern airfield was observed from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m~ EUrcraft seen.
at the field included 6 Pe--2s., 5 IJiG?-15z, 5 single engine monoplanes and.
in good weather, The field appeared to be
I biplane There was no flying
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lightly cupied. Some soldiers were repairing the fence. Two trucks
ere parked in the garages at the field. The AAA egalacelen was vacan .
Off ,:ers wearing red-bordered black epaulets and individual air t'orce officers
ere seen at the officers" club in Aspern. Truck and van like truck
were parked in the yard of the building. Luc was parked at
the Essling warehouse.
~ot Aspern airfield is still occupied by one fighter regiment. The
reduced occupation of the billets at tis ern and Gross Enzersdorf and the am&.l
number of Pe-2s indicate that the bomber regiment previously stationed at the
field was transferred. It is probable that the bomber regiment stationed at
Deutsch Wagram since larch 1953 had arrived from Asperri.
2, I LQQ etit2 The flying activities by the jet fighter units stationed at Aspern,
Parndorf and Wiener Neustadt airfields included formation flying up. to squadron
formation. night flying, firing at ground and air targets as well as bad weather
flying. It is assumed that fighter escorting has been practiced with bomber touts,
especially with the 11-28 bomber unit stationed at Wiener Neustadt.
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