AIRCRAFT REPAIR INSTALLATIONS AT JUETERBOG-ALTES LAGER AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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galvanizing shop was considerably oxtende~ but, for the lack of material
could not b' completed and was only 50 i,er :sent in operation? During the end of
the period of observation, it was observed that turbines still arrived at, h Ine
depart lent,, but, no finished turbines left the shop, I'lls completed galvanizing shoo
was to operate with a ca;a?scity of 500 ku/h, since the capacity of the forr..er
electric equiprren.t was insufficient, it ;vai. increased only under great
difficult:iesr, The Lan;bein & Pfannhauser 1'.l.rm in Leipzig t>upplied two generators
with 3; 000 amperes and 60 to 80 volts. the ,snits were not in operation, tix;cause
there rv;s no cable. of the required diameter available. The generators Z7hic`1 drere
used me only 16 to 18 volts, (1k)
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fields such as 3rossenh3ine Th%y were about, 220 cm lon? and 30 to 100 an in
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x 230 cm, were more re za,1a than those of the engines, (7) Truck shipments
of jet engines were unloaded in :Iangcr 20 and railroad shipments were unloaded
and moved to Iangnr 20 1y cranes to b; unpackod there. -ipty crates were
usually stored along r th . railroad line behind the repair plant. Jet en ~inos
which were dismantled f_?om aircraft at. the field were generally tracked to the
-olant without crates at night, ;.ctivitios of this kind during dayli ht, .lore
protected from observa?Lions. In T,angax 20,E the engines were secured on soecial
25X1 jigs holding the unit in the horizontal and vertical position for the
disassembling and rwse:embling. (8) :accept for the chromium plating process
of turbine wheels, no repair procedures could be observed.
,, Piston engines of 'nee AL.4 2 ..type and infrequently AL:.-33: still arrived at the
repair shop in Apr-.1 1952. lhe origins were di;3asLeribled, cleaned a:. I. then
passed through various proces sea j,. such as grinsln g, galvanizing, etc,,
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done by the 0erm n Air r orce. The rea::onbleci engines were trucked to the toot
25X1 stand and were t:ion moved out of the area. there wore
storage fac1lit os for engines sot rcihmro in. -5115 v7.c atty o ? pie test stand
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The only raw material shipments Tad come from 3rossonhain. It
was said that two-month training ,c L cal. personnel were conducted,
in rrossenhain? As technical persoaiol who had :om feted these courses wore
transferred to work in the turbojet departments and not, as before, on piston
ereg;ines, they had been rotxained for jet en-nines. (9)
;rain Test ;;tend in F3uildin^ 12.
At an undetermined date, the test stand was partially .convert(;,l for turbo jet
25X1 nginoso I-Io never, the section for turbojet engi yes was not yet in operation, (10)
u' hangar 7, aircraft were repaired by mothers o technical unit
it scellaneous..
9. On 11. (.:arch 1952, six very heavy crates,, about 1.5C, x 2 x 6 r.1-(,,ter ,were anloac ed
i`rom boxcars parked at Hangar ?'12) On 24 ::;aril,, our I1aG-,15s were parked in
front of this hangar? The wings were dismar,tle(l fr.)!. two of the I,iiOd and packed in
special crates. 'Tork on the engines was not seen.
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SLCIL.IT/COIiT OT/US OF ICIAL, O;I;,~:'
(1) Destination: Berlin
-toc firers Unite
Dispatching, stationz 33alasl , D zhtn 0 I.oscoii
railroar? c3 i ~;' r i c
(2)
Destination:
;toceivera
Di.spatchin station:
Sender;
(3) ~ec?ivfx:
ights
Senders
Go uB1o not of the i[gitator of a-ho 6')ovis t lrr " IIo 21, dated 2, .
July, 119!l , she handbook also gives inforrantion and techMcal data on
the hydropower plant in Kuib shev includilu plant, capacat.y annual
output at medium water level, pmer distribution ote.
Por layout sketch of repair facilities s see %nnox 1.
Military Dasc
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quantity 26
for Unit
quantity I
150 kg
Military Pase No 114
Inforetion for the depoto One crank shaft and one gear shaft cor lute
are issued by the depot,
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(2) -^,cor a ei.nc-v (_.'nu) is reported for the first ti.:n1e0
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stationed at Jueterbou :altos Lauer Airfield,
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Crank shaft No 3232
Gear shaft No 5410
Packing box for crank shaft No 1 to 2
Packing box for gear shaft No 1 to 2
Chief of USCD (or ZSOD) o
One handbook on the storage of I:-11 aircraft engines to cue 11andlec at
rAlitary mite and at .he lonts~
Corm :eats
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(1) o wesen report suppler-ients and confirms -previous infori+mationr
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SF,C', T/CONT!!OL/usa OFF ICIAlS O_'ILY Annex 1
?+~rcr tt ne~~a~ r r CAI t j e ,t tU2j rbgL A l tes Lager ltirfi.eld
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Iggend
1 to 3
Destroyed or dismantled hail ar3,
4 to 11
IIanuars,q the numbers correspond ?,iith Vi nu::,bera refor~,ed to in the
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report,
Eagino test stand,,
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Storage facilities for food and clothin0
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Former rrorlcshopy dostro;,?edd
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Guard house No 1e
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Guard house No 2
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Billets of the flyin" units
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Billets of the technical Unit
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Former rodar sat on a toner0
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Aircraft repair plant,
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Army billets,
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Annex 2
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xir?~nt for kircr~~tn~73~ies ire Ii~nr 20 at Jueterbo ~lte:a~e "irielc3
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. ntrance gate
Guard station
storage room for cylinder radial engines
6 Garages
tore for metal pipes and sheet notal
Compressor station with three conpressors
Painting and varnishing shop
Carpenter shopo Three or four Soviet soldiers iorko(1 hero
Plumbing shop., hardorLing shop and foundry ;quip. cam. ? Iit1i electric harden ding
::~urrraccs
Fitting shop with nine or ton Russian civilians
Lathe shots equipped with 25 to 30 ni'Il.ing and planing risahinos and lathc+s.
'FJork force- botwe ~n 10 to 20 Soviet soldiers
-Jelding department with electric and autogenous weld -; ap ratusas
ork force: 1 or 2 soviet soldiers
Forge
Showers
Heating plant
Workshops '~~ork force of this section and the electric workshop to ethos
4 Gernans and 5 or 6 voviet soldiers
Galvanizing shop with 12 generators for direct current up to 3s,000 anger 3s,
y?Jork force: two shifts with four soviet soldiers each
grinding shop for cylinders
Ventilator station and sand blasting
O Torhau:li ng shop for turbojet engine;
"assembly shop for turbojot on,~ as, Of-" lir~i.tc for Oer:i3ns
2estting department for overhauled single party of turbojet engines
estirag department for single ports of turbojet engines
leaning de artmeat for piston engines
ork shops for motor parts 22 to 23 have a work fore. c
two Sovri.eti engineers az
.,isenbly shop for piston engines soldiee:rs
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29 .electric workshop
30 Powor station equip~md with two Diesel on,inos and. two onerator8 one
for 1,25 KVA,. tho otlior for 75 KVA3 and a switching station
31 Storage shed for piston on?ncs
32 .all, two mters hich
33 Asseib:ly shop for. aircraft,, occupied by old trainers, hi;-)lanes -,?rithout wings
34 Si.ngie -track electric crano suspended from double T girders
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a}; i A LbseMd a& et bo Lager-
The bulgy engine extends about 2.2 m in length and has a diameter of Oo8 to 1 meter.
'jhe crate measures about 1.5 x 1.8 x 2.3 meter
rigidly fitted to the crate.
'The su;_:port of the engine is
The crate is open and is put over the engine
and fastened to the sled.
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L)egjal J Tu bo hninea Observed at dueterbo Altge er
5A- &/Ch /
Am to move the a ine
vertical position of turbojet
engine. he gigs are generally
constructed of metal, the plat-
forms are sometimes of wood.
not to Sc le
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1 Test :tang for turbojet on.-Lies
2 Control stand for 1Q There is a wildou b?twoon 1 and
3 Control.. stand for the test stand for ,piton en;;inos
Control stand for piston engines
5 Pulleys-for the transport of engines on rails
6 Stairs leading to the elevated control stands
7 Air fun ie1
a Wooden walls
b Slidind'door
c Slanting wall of heavy wooden planks
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