MISCELLANEOUS AIR ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT Miscellaneous Air Order of Battle
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DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
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 is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Staffing of Rumanian Airfields
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1, A typical Rumanian airfield might be occupied by two air regiments which always
received logistical support from an airfield service battalion (Batalion de Servire
Aerodroame - BDA), In theory the senior officer of one of the air regiments was
to act as Airfield Commander also; practically speaking, the more "politically
reliable" officer was assigned this duty, The Airfield Commander had under his
command all units based at the airfield proper, i.e,, both air regiments and the
BDA unit,
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a. The Airfield Commander was subordinate to the Air Division Commander, The
Air Division Headquarters was located in the
nearest populated district.
b, Under normal conditions, if an air division changed location, the two or
three air regiments subordinate to it and the BDA logistical support unit
also moved to the new location. In most cases of change in location, however,
other factors also came into consideration. For examples
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the procedures deser:i.bed. above were also car U e out.
Logistical "~ Units
Airfield. If this move actually occurredi
2. The Aeronautical. Arse, b ..l (.i> :Se~~a:1ui. Aeronautic) and its support unit
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the 7th
Bomber, Div. at Brasov and its two subordinate regiments,
the 6th and l]th Bomber Regts., were to move to another
airfield. The Division c;o. mariner, Lt. Col. Nicolae CONTA
had on several occasions inspected other airfields in an
attempt to choose a new site. Personnel of the two regiments
and BDA number 6 had discussed how this projected move would
affect them. It was considered a certainty that BDA
number 6 would split if the move should occur, since the
7th Fighter Re t., also located on Brasov Airfield, made use
o.f BDA number 6 services, It was expected that one-half
to two-thirds of the personnel of the original BDA number 6
would move to the new location; the rest were expected to
remain at Brasov.
(2) The 4th Assault Div. had been in Brasov since the Fall of
1951. Its two subordinate assault regiments were, however,
stationed on Sibiu/Turnisor Airfield, and serviced by-BDA'
number 4. It was expected that, upon departure of the
bomber .regts.. from Brasov Airfield, the two assault regiments
would move from Sibiu to Brasov, and also bring supply unit
BDA number 4, This :latter supply unit would probably
consolidate with the t of BDA number 6 left at Brasov.
the 7th Bombes Div'j i e.nd : 6th
i Y Bomber I f;r;s., his moved to Ploesti `.Car sorul Nou
the Arsenal Battalion (B~-,taIionu1 Trupel Arsenal.ului Aeronautic) at
Bucharest/Cotroceni Airfield existed between 19".30 and 1943. Before
World War II, most of the Air Force recruits were sent to the
Aeronautical Arsenal. for indoctrination and some basic training.; this
procedure was discontinued during or just after the war. During
World War 110 the Arsenal, read aircraft repair facilities and a
laboratory which the Oe:r?mans had developed and which was used to. test
aircraft engines and instruments. These laboratory facilities were
dismantled shortly after the war.
The Aeronautical Arsenal and its support battalion had been located
in the westernmost buildings and in four hangars on the northern
periphery of Bucharest/Cotroceni Airfield. In 1943 the Aeronautical
Arsenal and the Arsenal Battalion were absorbed by, and renamed
Workshops of the Military Aviation Subsecretariat (Atelierele
Subsecretariatului Aviatiei Militare - ASAM). ASAM engaged strictly
in aircraft engine and .airframe repairs and existed until 1,947 or
1948, at which time it was renamed Dinamo and became subordinate to
the Dinamo Electrical Equipment Plant which was then installing its
manufacturing facilities on the northern side of Bucharest/Cotroceni.
4. The Dinamo Aircraft Repair Shops and Dinamo Electrical Equipment
Plant coexisted until 1950-1951 when the Dinamo Aircraft Repair
Shops split in two; one section was moved to Medias Airfield
4561ON-2422,g in 1950 and retained the name i-Dinamo Aircraft
Repair Shops; the second section was moved to Bucharest/Pipera Air-
field +429N-2607 in the Fall of 1951 and was renamed Aircraft
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5. Aviation Supply Depot nutThe.r V, Euchar-eet/Cotroceni Airfield
(Grupa.rea de Deposite No. 2), was located, as of March 1952, in the
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was na e o the CFAM Hq. (RumAF Command Hq.) and that it was
no longer considered part of ASAM. From 1945 to March 1952 this depot
was considered the major RumAF supply outlet and serviced all air-
fields in southern and outheastern Rumania, including the Bucharest
area. Since 1951 Aviation Supply Depot number 1. Bucharest/Cotroceni
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Aviation Supply Depot number 1 at Cristian (Gruparea de
Deposi to No . 1, Cristian) second in importance to the one at
BucharestCotroceni Airfield, although both were considered generally
very poorly stocked, since they both still operated with World War II
surplus parts, r :1 no shipments to the two supply depots from
the Satellite c r the USSR between 1945 and March 1952.
the Cristian depot did not engage in aircraft
ul' ra t parts production. The Depot serviced RumAF units
in the Transylvania region.
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