DOEBERITZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003800510007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 7
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA003800510007-7
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1. Between 16 and 30 January 1954,1 f3oelreri z
airfield was not eat oupied. The hangars were closed. The Ric: it io:= en t'~ra erne
was occupied b;), air force soldiers dyad guarded hy-a double aeentz'y wearii=g
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black-bordered -blue epaulets. Some lean-to roofs, about 1.70
*lich sheltered about 20 fuel containers, were observed in a p In the
northwestern corner of the-field..
2s Between 25 Jan ary. and 3 February, the 'Richtho.Cen Xaserne in D6cberitz w:fa.b
apparently heavily occupied by an estimated 2 , 000 risn , including ma s c r z t
The soldiers wore blue epaulets with air force insignia. They .s,.sceived el PM rltal';'
trairiing without weapons in groups of 6 to 8 men, ,onetizme they were, seen in
platoons of about 10 men, on the barracks y-arei, a "d were also given theoretical
training in Instruction roomaa further they were -trained in varlmas hard{icraf e
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In workshops f ttec with tr;4_ re ii x? d machines and tpols . in ,z
:a?oa a Pi C.-'t .re ;~ a in3 how to e ti burn .zz e-Ar.?o waft by- paean;
the ,nit was char o l;ai ia'k the rai ,Yl.'?f o e'ahnical gro nn fie. seMlie
9-mon th trainia courses, wore ? i'.ag -Le at ii'~+ ithof ~'~ #+ se nee .,' r-ier',a ? z s4 t
officers d: pandent ; were quartered in various houses in he ~M z,YCr e ai e The
airfield still remained unoccupied s of the end of January,
orugera The reported observations confirm prcvi.oue info ?ratioa c.~ the
air eo:,.nical s choel of the `Nen.ty--k ourth Air rj which traazf, `erred f ron
3trausberg to Doeberitz in r, d-?Nover ber. 1953. While stationed a. Strausherg;,
the school had an estimated personnel strength of- 1,200 to . ,500 ri7en., The
personnel strength was possibly irtbrsased in 0e;tober.1953 when new recruits
arrived. -
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Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003800510007-7