STAAKEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010700320006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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GWVWW (Soviet ?GM)
'COUNTRY
sultan Airfield
EVALUATION Bee below ___PLACE OBTAINED-
DATE OF CQNTE l1 December 1951 to 5 January 1.952
DATE OBTAINED.
25X1C --DATE PREPARED.
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REMARKS
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1. Between 11 and 17 December 1951, there was no flying at Staaken airfield. Th*
boundary lights were on.
2. Between 2:15 and 5 p.m. on 28 Decembers 2 twin-engine high-wing aanoplanes and 1
twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a single rudder assembly were counted at the
field. I've hangars were closed. The radio installations were unchanged. No Soviet
soldiers were observed at the field.
3, About 10 aim. on 4 January, a twin-engine, high wing monoplane with two. radial
engines and single rudder Assembly took off heading north. Two men were observed
in the plexiglass nose. A white circle was painted on the redder assembly.
additional twin-engine planes were parked at the field..
. Bet*een 16 and 21 December, there was no flying at the field. Emery day after
B p.m., three multi-engine planes were heard coming in to land at intervals Qf
5 minutes,`TEe searchlights at the field, one of which rotated continually wb-le
the other one occasionally beamed its lights on to the landing strips were i
operation only during the landings. The tank installation on the northern edge of
the field was fenced in and guarded. Between 2 and 5 January, the field was still
occupied by an air unit.
25X1A # Comment. Staaken airfield is still occupied by a transport squadron. 1`
'exec strength has not been determined but appears to consist of about 5 LI-28
some Yak-11s and P0-2s. The twin-engine high-wing monoplane which took off on
4 January is probably a Ttt-2 which possibly made an intermediate landing at the
field since it was not observed previously with the unit.
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