PUETNITZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900210010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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About 30 women -were a cloyed in the kitchen anc'. in custodial work, Gerran firemen,
locksmiths and joiners were also employed at the field. The 3erii ns said that the
runway was occasionally covered with water althoaigh thera were facilities for
drainageo therefore, it was rumored that the jot planes were to he transferred,
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25X1 l,, betweon 2 and 25 January 1952$ day flying was practiced by sbweptback jet planes
at luetnitz airfield,, 'lie aircraft took off individually and asses bled aloft in
a formation they mostly flew in a formation of thre.-, planes, sonc:tiL:'Os in a
formation of wP to 15 Planes. The field .vas heavily guarded by '':.)viet Air Force
patrols and sentries,
2m A group of -workers of :aron P-auuni.on was completing work on the spur track from
DaTagarten railroad station, This railroad siding was to be accepted by a railroad
cow -assion0 The railroad bed needed reinforcement,,. 'although wort. was under way
individual railroad cars were shunted on this track. to the field, During the period
from 3 to 25 January, between 8 an. and 5 p,n,, 5 railroad tank cars and 1
boxcar with a trailer,, both loaded with ammunition, arrived at the field. 'lo
flatcars with plywood boxes, as observed during the early days of the occupation
of the field, arrived there,
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Baltic Sea may account for the ground humidity observed at the field0 lo information
has been received on a planned evacuation of the field by the air unit,
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The report confirms the occupation of ' uetnitz airfield by a fighter
regiment which was repeatedly observed by another source after raid-Noveriber 1'51.
The exact strength of the reL;inent is not known, In addition to the regi__'lent a
fighter division headquarters is also stationed in Puetnitz, 't'he nearby bay of the
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Approved For Release 2006/03/18 : CIA-RDP82-00457R010900210010-1