COTTBUS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200480007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTR' Eft CAt -_.REPORTI
TOPIC Cottbus Airfield
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT.
DATE OBTAINED
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1. The following air activity was observed a? Cottbus airfield from 16
February through I March 1953
16 February From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Yak -18s practiced individual take-
-offs in groups of two from the landing field. The landings were made
.on the runway. Acrobatics were observed nozrt'!i of Cottbus. A biplane
flew circles over the field; after it landed it was taken to a hangar.
17 and 18 Feba?u y. Air activity was the same as observed on 16 February.
1 9 Feb . No flying was observed.
26 through 2? .Feb
Ma. Flight training was '-onducted with Yak-18s and
occasionally also with a biplane.
1 E ?ch. There wa : no air activity.
2.
18 lak-.l8s, a twin-engine plane,
probably a Li- 2, a biplane and number of jet fighters
were stationed at the field in the second ha-If of February. The Yak-1 sa
were marked by a white rudder assembly a.nd white stripes under their
wings. 1
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2. Cont.
e description of the
new type of plane given and the state gent that it looked like a
Gerran FW190 plane indicates that the planes newly arrived at the
installation were Yak-ils. Training on this type of aircraft is pro-
bably conducted before training with 1,10.15s is started.
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