PUETNITZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600690008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, On 25 December 1953, eight boxcars were being shunted from Dangarten railroad
station to- Puetnitz airfiel& On X) ~Daoember., additional be cars carr.ying troops
wearing fur-Bred flying suits we:x'o shunted to the field. A railroad man stated
that -3 'shipre eta had left the 11Bld and . 5 new, shipments had. arrived -there during&
December 1953..
2. During the turning of 6 January, there.. was little. it apsivity, by IiiGr15s i..n a thie
vicinity of" Uf6. field. On 7 J nuary* no?flig were .made:, Around 1:45 a.tutl, o' 8, January`, e ant IiiG 15s landed at the f.ieidq
3,, The previously arepor?ted Token-type raddr set rotated daily. mother radar set,,
probably a Dumbo?-type set which bad formerly been located near Sioppeoi erg,, and
the pertaining truck have not been seen since 22 Decambor 2.953.2
4;, Parcel ,cost for the unit stationed at the field was daily hauled from and to
25X1 Ribnitz4I .mgarten.Gst 'a1iroad station by truck.
5, There was rumors in Ribnitz that :rtdditional houses would be conf3_scat.Ad for the
dependents of officers of the komendatura. A previous rumor, aoeerdin.7 to which
the airfield would be used for artother our pose, was no longer heard.4
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2 Januarys Vine IiG .l5a were. counted on a dispersal area at the field,. At 3130 pam,, P
a twin-engine transport t.,ok off..
> Jarnuary, Throughout the dar there way: little air activity by I1iG--.i5;, The sky was
2/10 overcast- At noon, 11 - iG'-15s took off: At 2: 30 p