AIR FORCE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN ZAMOSC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001100790007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form 19 prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
Air Force Technical School in Zamosc
REPORT
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. An AiriForge,Technical School is located in the former infantry barracks
in Zammosc. . The school has no military There are no other 25X1
military units in Zaniosc. The school trains regular officers.
2. The personnel of the school number about 5,600. Senior officers are exclusively
Russian. The following officers are on the staff of the school:
Commander
Director of Education: Colonel
Political Officer : Colonel Yatsenko a Soviet officer
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Technical Officer : Major Warzecha a Pole
Army.
Supply Officer . Major Korzela, a Pole
3. There is no permanent airfield at Zamosc. Outside the town there is an emergency
landing ground with no runways. It has a corrugated iron hangar 40 meters long,
20 meters wide, and'10 meters high.2
4. There are-no serviceable aircraft at the school. The aircraft, all of which are
of Russian. design, are only intended for instruction in starting, dismantling
and assembling engines. All aircraft are kept on the barracks square. They
consist of the following:
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30 twin-engined P-2 bombers
25 single-engined fighters similar to the Messerschmidt
8 ground attack, single-engined aircraft similar to a Stuka
2 jet aircraft, type unknown, were received by the school for
training purposes in January 1952,
5. The' weapons used at the school are the following: Russian infantry rifle,
sub-machine gun, Russian light machine gun,. Russian medium machine gun, Polish
sub-machine gun made in a factory in Radom which has a detachable butt.
6. The attitude of the Polish officers toward the other ranks is faultless. Russian
officers show a lack of trust in the men. Relations between Polish and Russian
officers are unfriendly. Other rankb are recruited from all parts of Poland.
Their morale is low; they serve with reluctance and hope for a change in conditions.
Their reliability in the event of war is questionable.
7. Soldiers are granted leave only after a year4s service, and, in addition, leave
is dependent on good conduct and satisfactory results in connection with studies,
especially in the political field. The pay of a private amounts to 12 zloty a month.
8. Each private is ssued a cloth uniform which is not new but in good condition
and in addition, boots, gaiters, a belt, and one set of underwear. Dress uniform
is issued when required but has to be returned to the quartermaster's store
when the person to whom it was issued returns to his unit.
9. Up to July 1951, rations were good but later deteriorated due to the increase
in the general strength of troops and the scarcity of food on the homerrmarket.
Soldiers rations consisted of the following:
Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. - Soup, black coffee, a teappoonful".of sugar and as much
black bread as desired.
Dinner at 12:00!.noon - Soup, stew or a slice of meat, potatoes and a piece of bread.
Supper at 8:00 p.m. - Buckwheat or cabbage soup, a piece of bread, black coffee,
and a teaspoonful of sugar.
Each soldier received eight cigarettes daily.
Comment;
1. In a previous report it was stated that there was an air force mechanics
school in Zamoso.
2. In a previous report it was stated that two kilometers from Zamose in the
direction of Szczebrzeszyn there was an emergency landing ground.
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