ALT LOENNEWITZ AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. In the early morning hours on
parked directly at the gap in
airfield. Shortly after 8 a.m.
four swept-back.jet fightes.
July, air activit was re eat(
at night.
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14 June 1953, four jet fighters Were observed
the fence on the eastern side of Alt Loennewitz
on 20 June, formation flying wds practic1 C
There was a 5/10 overcast. Between 12 and 17
- , time and some-._es
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2. The following aircraft and air activities were observed at the field between
28 JUDe a:ad 19 July:
2J un There was no air aetivity?
June Xft the mcfning and Pfternoon, individual and fornlation flights were
made by 1'iG-158 wWch also dived over the scathern aircraft revetments from
an altitude of 3.0.J0 meters to 150 meters. Between 610 pore, and 7:15 o.m.p
there was air activity by I1-10s,which subsequently made individual nleit
ZligkeLs.
22_Jut., In addition to the'previously reported air activity by Yak-lls in
the afternoon, M5G-155 were aloft. However, it could not be definitely de-
i*,armined whether the WIG-15s had taken off from Alt Loonnewitz airfield. Night
flying started at 8 p.m., while searchlights were in operation. Air activity
still continued at 11:30 p.m.
2_4214 Between 10;30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., there was intensive air activity
by swept-back jet fighters which also made some dives from a high altitude.
There were no clouds. After 8:10 p.m., intensive nig:-t flying was conducted
with an average of up to 4 I1-10s being aloft.
?_lulya. No air activity was observed uo to 6 p.m. At this time, there was
a light haze. After 6 p.m., ground-attack planes practiced flying individually
and in elements of two. Subsequently, the planes practiced night flying, which
was continued until after midnight.
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7 4alv Daring the mornings, when the weather was cloudy, individual flights
were made by M1G-15s which mostly flew above the clouds. After 9:15 p.m., there
was intensive air activity
LLIRly, There was night flying by swept-back jet fighters which individually
approached and fired at illuminated sleeve targets towed by MiG-15s. Six
searchlights were arranged at equal intervals and apparently In a straight row
in the area of the Belgern firing range as far as Muehlberg west of the rIbe
River. The searchlights at the field were also in operation as usual. Prior
to the approach of a plane, the first or sixth of the row of searchlights ra-
diated vertically upward. A MIG-15 coming from the Torgau area flew over the
searchlights, while a second M1G-15 also with set position lights followed at
a distance of about 500 meters, Just over the first searchlightnisleeve
target was illuminated by the first two searchlights while the second plane
approached for attacking. A burst of 8 to 10 shots with red tracer ammunition
was fired, The attacks were repeated while the sleeve target was successively
illuminated b y the searchlights of the row. This procedure was repeated three
times before the planes landed, After an interval of about 20 minutes, the
planes again took off and practiced in the same manner.
In the morning, when the weather was cloudy to partly eloudy, indivi-
dual 1iG-15s practiced flying at high altitudes above the clouds. Between 1 p.m.
and 3:30 p,m,, individual and formation flights were made by swept-back jet
fighters. At 1:45 p.m., a formation of eight MIG-15s with auxiliary fuel tanks
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was started at 9:15 p.na and still continued at 11230 p.m.
In the early morning, take-offs were made by four MiG-15o which landed
after a short time. It rained and the weather was cloudy. No more air activity
was observed throughout the dayt
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vidual and formation flying and diving over the dispersal area of six MiGel5e.
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latigly, There was no air activity.
13 July.., Between 9Ap a.m. and 3 p.m,, swept-back jet fighters,.
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is in the vicinity of the field. Sometimes, the planes flew very low. There was
a low ceiling of thunder clouds at first later, the overcast broke up. At about
. 7:10 p.m., five I1-408 took off. Subsequently, night flights were made by I1-106.
14_imly, At 6:30 a.m., there was a scattered cloud base. Six MiG45s took off
and practiced dogfighting at high altituSes?-During the morning, individual and
formation flights were made by swept-back jet fighters with two MIG-15s- making
low-level attacks against the dispersal area of the.alert planes. The two 'planes
.approached the target from a horizontal flight at an altitude of about 400 meters,
came An on the target at an angle of about 30 degrees, leveled off about 30 meters
above the target, then flew this altitude for about 500 meters making defensive
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movements at the same time and then zoomed off. The noise cf the engines
repeatedly changed when the planes flow straight for 500 meters. The MiG-15s
discontinued day flying at aboUt 4 p.na After 9:30 p.m. firing at sleeve tar-
gets was again practiced with searchlights in operation.
25_114z, There was no air activity.
16 July, There was air activity by swept-back jet fighters including low-
level and gliding attacks and flights with towed sleeve targets. Firing
was heard from the area of the Elbe River, Dar flights were stopped at about
130 ponL Prior to night flying, which started at 9 p0n. a EiG-15
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observed thata30 to 45 minutes before night flying startudD a plane of the
aircraft type employed in night flights made some local flights. Since the
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in the vicinity or the field, source believed that this plane was flown by
a senior officer.
ltegaly. Between 6 a.m. and I Pile. there was intensive air activity
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individual aria Lormation riights in the vicinity of the fled The sky was
partly cloudyn About noon, the noise of jet aircraft engines was heard from
the area of the Elbe River, At.7 p.m., take-offs were made by three M1G-15s
Which circled, several times over the field.
211-3121MnAt about 10:45- eon., training flights were made by three I1-10s.The
degree of cloudiness increased and it rained after 11:30 a.m.
12_241a ?Triers was no air activity. At 7 a.m., a total of 42 IleaOs were
parked near the closed hangars. 1
3; On 28 June, no guns were observed in the AA gun emplacement on the southern
edge of the field. In mid-July, four guns were seen there, Five trucks which
were not camouflaged were parked near the open well. 2
4, In July, work continued on the shrapnelproof aircraft revetments. The 'wooden
frames of three revetments north of the .open well were completed. Earth was .
excavated from afield north of the Grassau Vorwerk and, then hauled to the
construction site.
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5,, Trucks observed at the f aid I carried timber toward 25X1C
the airfield on 18 Jul , lhauled milk deily from the dairy
in Falkenberg, and I I usually occupied by 5 to 8 men and a canvas
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covered load which proceeded about three tames per week from the field to
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1. I Igemmept, Alt Loonnewitz airfield is still occupied by a fighter
regiment and a groundeattack regiment. It is noticeable that the two regi-
ments Still conduct intensive night flying. Firing practices at towed air
sleeves with searchlights in oneratien were previously reported for the
first time. Seel j The description of the flights?in
the beams- of searchlights and of the gliding and low-level attacks appear
noteworthy, From reports received during the last menthe it is concluded,
that the status of training, particularly of the fighter regiment. is verr
good.
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