WITTSTOCK AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 13, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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10 February to 18 April 1953
DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED-
DATE DATE OF CONTENT,
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from 10 February to 6 April 1953
Air activity observed aWittstaek airfi
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10F ebrurq. r,_,. A jet fighter took off in the morning.
11 LOMT2. there was air activity by jet-fighters
fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks. Weather was overeat.
t fighters fitted with auxiliary fuel
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tanks flew over Wittstock. NiG--15s, some of them towing an
air sleeve, were repeatedly observed over Wittstock.
1 March. There was almost continuous air activity at the field from
26 1arch. There was air activity throughout the day. In the morning, Mi0 15
or type-29 aircraft fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks-left the field toward
the Gadow--Rassow training area.
2 April. Night flying was practiced Upon the firing of red
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2. Six AA guns continued o be emplaces at the western Gage or the field. The
AAA emplacement north of these guns could not be seen. 2
ground signals, a plane would take off.
6 There was air activity
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the commissary at Wittstock air.-
field that this commissary was allegedly scheduled to be josed After
1. , Arch, the ii _4;r shop attached to the corulssary moved to the two
.buildings item No 19. Source did not know where the Soviet unit previously
located there had moved. 3
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~. In connection with Red Army Day, Wittstock was strolled in the evening
by Soviet soldiers and German police, on 22 March, wreaths were 25X1
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In the town. From 22 February to 23 February, guards of honor consisting
of two officers, two EM and two.FdJ members were observed at all the graves.
5. On 27 February, a wooden shed covered with earth large
enough to houses truck aaou meters south of the northeastern corner
of the sports grounds. A truck and two soldiers armed with carbines were
standing in front of the shed.
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7. Air activity observed at the field from 26 February to 8 April included:
26 Fem . There was air activity by MiG--15s. Weather was 2/10 overcast.
26 to 27 February. Night flying begani The two sides of the run-
way were lighted. Except for three red lamps seen on the flight control
station no obstacle lights were burning in the vicinity of the field.
27 Februar , Air activity was conducted
day.
28 k'ehn. .ry. There was air activity
as on the preceding
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served six ii---15s practicing air-to-ground firing.
s'arph. Individual take-offs and landings were observed in 25X1
fair weather. A jet fighter towing an air sleeve was repeatedly seen aloft.
11Larch . .G--15 and type-29 planes were seen
flying i.n iv y or in groups of three. Air activity continued in the
afternoon.
12 March. There was air activity in the afternoon in fair weather. About
I Ia twin-engine plane landed at the field. It took off again on the
o, owing day.
13 L rh., There was air activity by I4iG-l5 and type--29 planes throughout
the day.
14 March. There was intermittent air activity throughout the day.
16 March. In the morning, air-to-ground firing was practiced. After firing,
the planes involved would climb steep by. Night flying was practiced by in--
di.? Masai. planes.
17 Parch. There was air activity
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lS lurch. There was formation flying in groups of two by 11MiiG-15 and type-24
p'?"rtes. Night flying was practiced Weather was fair.
19 _arch. There was air activity in fair weather.
21. Larch. Air activity was observ
2 rarch. Formation flying in groups of two 1wr"s observed in fair weather.
!:4 I/.arch. Day and night flying was conducted in fair weather.
2 and 2t March. There was air activity by jet fighters in the noon hours.
Weather was fair.
27. I+Srircb.MiG-15s were observed flying throughout the day. Weather was 5/10
overcast, visibility good.
C 14ax'cM throh a April. Flying was practiced daily.
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6 A aril.. Air activity was started Weather was 2/ic overcast. 25X1
3 tank trucks, eight of them with trailers, and
six personnel carriers occupied by soldiers proceeded to the airfield. From
12 to 15 planes were seen aloft at this titre. When they landed, they were
parked in aircraft revetments.
7 Anil a 12 planes took off. Their landing at the field was
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8 A,ril jet fighters were observed waking approaches
at ground targets. Wen er was 2/1G overcast, visibility good. I
8. Aiming was continuously practiced at the emplacement of six AA guns at the
western edge of the field. ' South of the exit of Berlinehei, source
observed a radio installation consisting of two masts and a stone building
measuring 3 x 4 meters. Cables extended from the building to the airfield.
9. Air activity observed at the field from l4 March to 18 April included:
rch. Twelve and 18 MiG--15s were observed at the field
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respectively. Six additional planes were parked. between the eastern end
of the runway and the hangars. There was air activity in the afternoon. At
two MiG-15s coming in for a landing.
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8 to 25 ,"larch. There was heavy air activity on every day. On some days night
flying w?cs also practiced. Weather was mostly fair. on 23 (larch, 25X1
source observed 160 MiG-15s at the field including eight parked at the eastern
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n 25 March, 23 aircraft and a multi-engine F ane
were observed. Ei ;., . 3 G-- 5s were again parked at the eastern end of the run-
way. six T hG-15s crossed Wittstock.
March. individual 3iG-15s practiced flying. Weather
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Flying followed the pattern observed on the preceding day.
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April. There was
individual flying and flying in formation
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3 ' 1. Local training flights were made
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flying in formations of two and four
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r was 10 overcast at about 1,500 meters. Night
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uin fair weather.
Z.,Apri? . Individual MiG-15s were seen aloft
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8 A ti,1. A total of 25 MIG 15s were observed
at the field. Additional
aircraft were available but could not be observed.
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Ithe.noise of flying aircraft was heard, but
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e o sera aloft. Weather was overcast at 500 to 600 meters
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visibility was limited by haze.
1_3 to 1B April. There was daily flying in groups of two and four. Once a
squadron javelin formation was seen.
1G. On 14 March, source observed a radio installation with two masts about 300
meters south of the road fork south of Berlinchen. The first mast of the
Installation was about 20 meters east of the Wittstock-Berlinchen road. The
two masts were about 100 meters apart and interconnected by a three wire
antenna, with a feed-in extending from the middle wire. A three-wire tele-
phone line extended from the radio installation toward the east side of the
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11. On 14 and 23 March, source observed AA guns guarded by a sentry in the south-
western corner of the field. On 23 March, 10 to 15 soldiers were doing
physical exercise at the AAA emplacement.
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regiment are stationed at Wittstock airfield. Air activity observed followed
the usual pattern. As at other East German airfields, the use of NIG--15s as
target tow planes was fr uent observed-I ircraft observ--
e'd on 7 April 1953, a ong to a unit stationed
in Laerz. The planes probably had moved to Wittstock for an exercise. The con-
voy of tank cars observed on 6 and 7 April probably was also involved in
this exercise. It appears as if the entire fuel for the, planes from L`,erz
had to be shipped from Laerz to Wittstock.
OCc coat. Only a battery of 6 x 37-mm AA gauss is at present emplaced
at the field,
25X1 3 Comm. entThis building ip the western portion of the field previously
q eredl an MVC agency.
25X1 4. Co neat. This modern radio installation with a three-wire anted,
replaced a low frequency approach beacon. It is believed that also the new
radio installation.serves air traffic safety control, because it is locat-
ed in the approach lane of the field.
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