AIRFIELDS IN RUMANIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Bucharest Axes and CVliiq ni
Between December 195C and March 1952, there was intensive air activity
over Bucharest by jet ;)lanes with pronounced swept-back wings. As the
planes usually flew v ?,T high, source could not observed where they coiie
from. The aircraft u v .lly flew' individually or in elemonts of two, and
only occasionally in U formation.
2. Source never hriarrd or i bserved any indications of an airfield which was
allegedly built on tie former training grounds and. fixing range of Ghencea
located north and nor t :west of the camp. . 1
there was regular co-r-ercial air activity
by twin 'igi ne I)ougl,,!; aircraft and intensive local flying by biplanes.
Source ar surged that u airfield was located west of the: carp, on the
e rtensirn of, the road=hich comes from Eucharest, passes south of the
camp r,,,d extends tows d Dr. aga.nesti (R 1+3-"/C 30). The biplanes apparently
circlyd over the fie in close succession. The take-offs and landings
coin: not be observed. but source saw that the planes usually lost
alti.:ude and climbed : ,or. northwest to southeast. No air activity by jet
pla ies was observed three 2
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25X1 X 4 Fr 3 or to ^ Decerber 1951 source observed that
biplanes and sr ai.l hig t-wing a:,ontop1anes coring from Gh!xnbav airfield
f ~?vr In the area west tt sou-thwest of Brasov. Formation flying by up
to 12 biplanes was occa.s:ionally observed.3
The area between the two _L oads fro: fi ast_o to Tohanui die?hj (R 35/X ? IN
and to Tohanul-Nou (R 35,': 16) , wail ch had boen used as an alternate
airfield by the Geru:.an. k'ir= Force during WW II, .was not used prior to
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December 1951.
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1 Co X nt; It is beli r ed. that Buchares . hencea. field is still
used as a firing range and. troop training grounds by the Rumanian Army.
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2. Come nt pq This inform=.tt4 on probably refers to Clinceni airfield
which is about 15 Ie West -soIthwest of Bucharest. According to press
reports of 1948 and 1949, thv field was usually used for flight
training by the FAR (Fsderatii Ae-ronautica Fro alla), a R.urianaan aeronatic? l
association, and as landing frtld the 'Soviet Ftum.anian commercial
asso.iation TARS. Since no rec 't reports are available, the intensive
air activity by biplanes canno,~, be cor;riented on. However, it is believed
that basic flight training is a; sual.ly conducted at, the field. It cannot
be determined whether prenilita-y flight training, which is usual in the
satellite countries, is conduct;tl or whet per Ptunanian Air Fotrce troops
practice at the field.
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3. ,t3 r est. According to the ~:ress reports nentloned a er Ghimbav
airfield is also used for flight ,?-aining by the PAR.
M_,CCom ;onte_ No records are avs.'.l.able on the for?mcr? Germvan advaric .d
airfield near Rasnow. This a.rfielc Is believed to be of minor importance
because there are no or only few po s Lb li to es for enlarging the area
of the field.
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