AIR ACTIVITY OBSERVED OVER KUMMERSDORF, KOENIGSBRUECK, KREUZBRUCH, AND HILLERSLEBEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002900540004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Air Activity Observed over Kumnersdorf K Eck. K
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EVALUATION see below
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1. Almost on every weekday during the period 24 September - 6 October 19
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bombing was practiced by ground attack units over thhe };unmersdorf trair:.-in '
area. The aircraft flying in squadron formation mostly approached the t.ra rill; g
field from the southeast, broke up to attack ".~rmations after cro :;;i g f,h
area, and finally attacked the targets and dropped one bomb each, ah.i1e d5.ving
down to 200 meters. Subsequently, the aircraft agars assembled fear wroth
attack. Sometimes, attacks were made in three waves. The second wave cons_i-st,ir.g
of nine aircraft apz:?roached when the first wave had Just atttactczd? Then fcllcw.aed
the third wave. :subsequently, the aircraft formed one large forationn and i.e :r cd25X1
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2. At about 8:30 a. m. on 27 September, a formation of 12 swept-back jet f h';.,rp
approached Koenigsbrueck troop training grounds from the south and reaaatt!4i1,'
attacked unidentified ground targets. The approach runs were made at steal:
angles. At the same time, gun fire was. heard from the training grounds. Th
attacks were repeated throughout the day and after nightfall.2
3. Shortly after 11 a.m. on 29 September, a single-engine low-wing monoplane .raa
observed flying over Hillersleben toward Gardelegen.' On the afternoon of
same day, swept-back jet fighters in formations of fours flew in the d. r oc: ,i :ri
of Gardelegen or returned from that direction. This was partieu.larlli not.; rtby
as no aircraft have been observed over the area for a long period.3
On 1 October, two jet fighters circled for some time over Koenigsbrueck. ;:cur ce
could not determine whether the aircraft cooperated with ground Crops
During the morning of 2 October, several formations of single-s.agirle loY.-.tcj.-nf;
monoplanes, probably 111-10s, crossed over Kreu. brush from west to east. Af'-or
30 minutes, the aircraft returned in echelon to the right at an altitude o
about 1,000 meters. At the same time, air attack exercises were held by severti;l
swept-back jet fighters east of Kreuzbruch training field.4
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from Alt Loennewitz and Finsterwa1ce and ,possibly also b., the a t,t ., ot,
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ent +'lOr1 h.~ranu].s for o) .7J ng -Mi firing practices. orri:3 raet~.c
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map,:Tgnt. 6inc c i ftc . save air activity wes obsorvea over Grossenh&_in or
27 ,. 1. 1"-1-53 It appears possible aircraft of the t ish eY' re i -E'f2"':S
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