AIRFIELDS IN AUSTRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400410002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

jM4(?" r 9y. Approved For Release 2009/02/09: CIA-RDP80-00810A000400410002-3
CCI, KR r.w~m wmm v+... uvac aa~n .w w.r ran e.- a.+.~ .,~.?rl5irt _-_
fields in Austria
..~, -
OPIC
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REF"ERENCES_ ._~.
PAGES 3 -ENCLOSURES
REMARKS
PLACEI OBTAINED__.
b_DATE PREPAREC9......3 'ebrslarv X25?1
(NO. & TYPE)
1. Wiener Ii stut (0 48A 31,a.nd There ienfeld G luS X
Between 2 and 4 par. on 7 Decea ber 1952, Wiener. Iieugtdt airf'ie]d was
occupied by 36 FiG-15s, twin--jet planes, and 6 single-engine aircraaft.
Eight of the ii twin-jet planes had unidentified devices at' their wing tire
and other devices at the elevator assemblies, probably intend for the
locking of the rudder. K o aircraft were observed in the hollow in front of
the pyrotechnic plant There was nc fir activity. The sky was 10/1.0 over-
cast at an altitude of about 2,5(C meters, and the weather was hazy. Sentries
wearing black-bordered blue ep iul ets were posted at Theresienfeld airfic3 d.
The hangars were closed, , ,nd no aircraft were parked in front of them.
20 Between 4 and 5 pGrr , on 9 December, the number of aircraft and th=.ir
arrangement at Wiener lieustadt airfield was the same as on 7 Decmber. There
was i0C overcast and haze. There was no air activity. Sentries were posted
at the Att, gun emplacements. Most of the AA guns were covered with tarpailinsa
The ?'un shield and a flash hider were identified on an AA gun which was not
covered. Teo camouflage netting s were observed in the AA gun emplacements or
the shrapne? proof revetments. The radar' station previously observed south of
Wiener Neustadt Baal Fischau road was vacant. The cantonment west of Wiener
Naustadt was guarded by sentries who wore red-bordered black epaulets. In the
barracks area there were 2C trucks, l.C of which were parked in sheds. An AA
machine gun was mounted on a truck and six AA guns on tripods were located
near the tracks. No parked AA guns were observed. 1
3 Parndorf" 8 7 .
Between 8:IC a.m, and 1:05 p.m. and at 1:45 p.mo, 19 1:1G--15s, 2 single-
-engine planes with radial engines and two-bladed propellers, and 2 biplanes
were parked at Parndorf airfield a There was a 10/10 overcast, calm weather,
and good visibility. 17o air activity was performed. No change was observed
on the antenna mast with a cone-shzaped bracing on the western edge of the
field or the long-wire antenna between two low wooden buildings. A command
bus and a radio truck d antennas were observed west of the
parked aircraft. Truck ccupied by soldiers wearing fur lined
clothe, left the field. At the railroad station, there were four tank trucks
which came
CLASSIFICATION SECRET;
25X1
Approved For Release 2009/02/09: CIA-RDP80-00810A000400410002-3
 Approved For Release 2009/02/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000400410002-3
SfGR 11,
frog: hepreshalow. I' E C6,. A tank truck was being re-
fi3.azed ' the t:ersennel of the u. f-t t stationed ,..t
t.ha field was not few ir.3~.r with Au.str i n r. cney.. 2
the :rerflhers of the unit sore t--e .ng trained.
my a few flights were radev Six Ah guns
with ,ash hiders were c mpl-Iced in the AA gun emplacements on the south.
western edge of the fiea d , They were guar