FINOW AIRFIELD

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CIA-RDP80-00810A000700620006-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 15, 2002
Sequence Number: 
6
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Publication Date: 
March 4, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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? aarisiems...maismoommomate.????rn-a. 5X1A ApproWed=FrARek4se- -Ti17-? 412 ? CIA-RDP80-00810A00070 6200062 W!'e;I:!..ei TT IOIMTION r 4 __REPORT NO roPv 25X1X )ATE OF CONTENT OATE OBTAt NE% _PLACE OBTAINEi..) .21?` December 1952 to 28 January 1953 iF--T-25X1C 25X1C 4. }larch 1953 )ATE l'REPAPED ENCLOSURES tivti & TYPE) 25X1X ? 1, The .rollewing aircraft ed eir activity were observed at Fiuow airfield between 23 December and 2e Jaeuary 1953 ? :;41-?ItINMkar.z. About 38 HIG-15 and type-29 planes were parked at the field, ier: these planes 28 were counted, Source be:f ieved that somo additional HiG-15 ee type-29 planes were probabTief parked in elm hangars or revetments.25X11 Thera was individual flying by swept -back jet fighters throughout the deye The Sky was overcast and visibelity was clear, 4,,,,jvawary_z, There was the same weather es on 13 January, lir activity by MA3-15 and type-29 planes Was observed, 1mart,, No air activity was observed. An estimated total of 36 MiG-15 end ty9e-29 planes and 3 single-engine airceaft were observed at, the field.. Of the et planes 25 were counted:. No aircraft were observed Ln the ehrapnelproef eirceaft revetments, 1 Forty-one MiG-15 and type-29 planes, including 36 (In the nortbeen. ed 0 of the nal& were counted at the .natellation., let additional 10 4ile,:e5 ne typo-29 planes were estimated there I lea 112 Jarns:ry,, the AA gun empIecement in the southeastern corner of tbe field ete otifl oecupied by .stx 37-nua guns, Three guns were beinc cleaned on 23 Decoobeee Inetrectioe as given on an uncovered gon on 28 Januar, Six teucke were observed in a nev motor vehicle shed abeut 20 meters weet of the kitchen he:Aiding near the AA lun emplacement? Merth of the shed, there was a low w-iden building with three windowsL ? Oe 23 January, source observed that the interior and sidewalls of the ehreeineproof aircreft :revetments were Axed with lightedweight s1abs,2 ? In jenueryl? a total of about 200 bombs -Fere stacked in four groups in the bomb. dump in the northeastern eorner or the field The dump was guarded by e nentey who wore redeborderad black epeeists? Poles were being set up alorg to cenetAere edge of the fuel dump:. The leader oet previously located in Postatrasse in Finow was not observed ettees ee tutd-,Yzaiu6a7, CLASSIFICATION Approved For Release 2002/07/12 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700620006-0 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2002/07/12 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700620006-0 . SECRET Sammt; Pinow airfield is occuoied by the headquartern of a filiver V171SLOU end two fighter reEiments, wIdch are equipped with an averate o 44 to 46 Mj0-15s, _Aircraft numbers 1089 apd 2465 are reported for the first time, No 2463 was previously o'n;erved in Necruppin. C gat. The information that he inner walls of shrapnelproof circrzft- reve-iments were lined with concrete &,abs was received from other airfields According to a previous reporti, 22 ca:-.s with concrete slabs were dispatched - from Rredersdorf to Finow between 27 ;Ind 31 October 1952. SNCRZT Approved For Release 2002/07/12 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700620006-0 25X1A