JUETERBOG ALTES LAGER AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001601000007-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

14 Air activity observed at Jueterbog, Altes Lager airfield frori 24 march through
16 April 1153 included:
PACES.
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COUP;TRY_East Gormany
TOPIC,_ Jueterbog Altes Japer Airfield
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March No air activity was observed. Maintenance was being done on
bombers and officers were given instruction in classroops.
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26 ;'arch, ground attack planes took
off severa yes,, AP-25 towing an air sleeve was repeiazea.Ly seen over the
field, The sleeve target s fired at by AA guns
I1-2'3s and fitted with auxilielry ue an` ew sore
circle over 1e3 e ,
?larch ground attack planes made 30-minute
(]fights in 17 1p; we a forrsatiano
Apr
0 E?ounc attack planes took off from
the fief et owari uc enwai.de9 Zosse and lv'uensdorf 9 probably for
bomb release practices. Groups of nine nianes Mould take off in rapid
succession and assembly into one formation. After about 40 rninutes one
such formation would return: and land
had taken.,off a short tie -before,l s after another formation of nine planes
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the field headed toward Luckerwalde and was being fired at by shall.-caliber
hA guns. At the care ti-c, I1-2" No 7 which was flying at a great altitude
and w? ' ch also towed a sleeve target was being fired at by heavy AA guns.,
ource believed that the AA guns were emplaced in the Forst.Ziinna area?2
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''iG.-15c repeatedly cro sod the field,
!L!1"7 Arri10 There was air activity at the field, No details were
observed.
].6 Arril,,
2 h-25 s took off for 30-minute fliF hts .,
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25X1 2. On 25 Var. ch a parade at the field, Five co1'.umns cash
consisting of 120 officers and Fl" and a military band were observed a
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nu and Garat vn1.~>k fnu were assigned to the airfield rersonnel. 3
3 On 3 .April, about 40 air force officers arrived at Alves Lac-er carp.
In the followin? days, they were reteatedly seen walkir_g to the field
i.&&en flying was conducted there by 11-23 or `yil-28 nianes
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hite hair was seen
among the T air force officers who carried ?:::av cases but did not wear
leather ,jackets,: After 16 April, these officers participated in flying
activities,. They used the P-25 plane ?4
+.. In mid--April, wide lanes had. been staved off from the airfield toward
Feinrichsdorfer Forest., Fields located in the western extension of the
runway and belonging; to firers at ,"alterhaueeen were ccri iscated,
However, the c~w~.~e~rs s,;had access ~..t-a, It was rur.:ored
still s to their ;ropey
that houses at Niedergcersdorf were to be vaca.ted,>
none-routine activities at the field such as clearing up activities and
interY>~i e cleaning of eao.iiunsa There was an unusual stir snong the
airfield personnel,
5. Air activity observed at the field from 3 through. 17 April included:
I aoril,, From 9 a.m. to 10:30 a om jet bombers practiced individual
take offso About 11 a,r a, 9 Jets, bombers took off in x ux)s of two, the
second group beginning to taxy when the firs-.-t had become airborne,,
After flying a circle over the field, the planes assembled into squadron
wedge formation at an altitude of 80C, meters to 1,OCx: meterso After about
30 minutes, the planes returned at an altitude of about 1,500 meters and
broke formation from the left? After 4 porn, Il-10s which took off and
landed in groups of two made :Local tra:i ning flights, Twenty-two 11-23 or
1iil.-28 nlanos, 27 single-engine aircraft, 2 h_gh-win; r.:oncyylanes and l
biplane were observed et the field., Right flying was conducted until
after 8:30 p.m0 fhe airfield lights were in operation.
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The officers wore dress ur_iforrns.>
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13 ~ipx?il a IL-2,.s practiced individual take offs,
grou,-s of two I-1-23s took off, assembled into one
formation and returned after about,. 20 minutes 0 .Subsequently, an 11-28
took off and repeatedly crorsed the field at an altitude of 4,000 to 5,0:00
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IL-28 or Uil-2 3 planes made local train.in 1. _ig s ,, Single-engine planes
practiced flying Weather was scattered
until noon and then became cloudy? A total of 22 11-28 or Uil-23 planes,
24 single-engine aircraft, 2 biplanes, 3 high-wing monoplanes, l hi-2,
and 2 fl--25s were observed at the field
17 April. I 3 Il-23s took off at intervals of about one
minute 0 The planes returned after 30 to 35 minutes and landed individually.
A highs-wing monoplane was seen aloft.
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25X1 6 On 3 April x 37-nn A.A guns: at the rrp].acement east
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of the runway. No date computer -m ms ova: -orved 0d In. i? ? d-April, the radio
installation with one mast previously observed about 1,000 meters east
of the runway had been ror,oved Another radio installation consisting
of one mast Pare seen about l,C 0 maters east of
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7. On 12, April, Lf_c atenant Colonel Stroitsov (fnu), stated at, a conference
in "ender that the planned ii.rr?ovement of Jueterb g airfield vac not to
be executed The emmloyees of the Bauunion E:pree also believed that
J uete;; bog airfield would not be i :,, roveyd because another airfield was
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flew two circle4 over juetertog at an altitude of about 1,000 meters
and then again headed north. The plane was fitted with a sin l.e-rudder
assembly and piunp engine stubs
25X1 I o Cors_ent 4 Juetaerbop Altes Lager airfield is still occupied by a
groan attack and an air reconnaissance regir,ent. The ground attack
regiment is b ;lieved to be equipped with 55 to 6C it-l0s; the air
reconnaissance regiment with 22 to 26 l--28s:, On i April, Il-10 for?rma,tions
took off from the field for bcsrrbi release practices at the Ki:rnr ersdor?f.
bomb range.
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AAA Div of the GGT'G and the 62d AAA Div (US) of the Third Gds P'ech tirmy.
CGM___ k t ` 4-,ese firing practices involved elements of the 2C,, Gds
25X1 3 Go~nrcnt,s Ka.1inrigorskl, whose rank is unknown, is mess officer of
G unitTs`_scd ell, while Captain Garatshurc belongs to the OATB of the
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