INSTALLATIONS AT WELZOW AIRFIELD, STATUS AS OF (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003800510009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC 'Inst ?? tions at F1~lzow A..if i_eLd StatuVfe a.s 0-f]
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ic, According to the first po tsar repot on Welzow airfield as 'o f - bay 1-946, the
installations at the fielj had born destroyed; the field o0vmred an area of
4200 x l,,500 meters ayi.f h a grass surface and had no runway, taxiw; ys or hangars,
In August ?947, the field was temporarily used by the ground attack aircraft
from Cottbus airfield. Between February and November 1948, Po-2 aircraft had
practiced flying there. Between July and September 1949 and bettican April and
October 1950 respectively, 'a ground` attack-regiment and a bomber regiment had
been stationed there. In .January 1951, preliminary .work for the :imp roveiacnt of
the field was started. During the construction period which iastod until Sep-
tember . 1952 and was interrupted from the late fall of 1950 to the spring of 1952,
the following installations were completed at the f?icid:
a runway, 2,500 x 70 meters, with a, 20-cm concrete cover; taxiways,. 20 maters wide,
on both sides of the runway; 2 connecting lanes from the runway to the soirtheasterr,
taxiway; expansion strips of the field area to the west and southwest, a spur track
a fuel dump. 42 hardstanda with shrapnelproof aircraft revetments along the taxiways;
and several quartering and administrative buildings,
In December 1952, the field was occupied by a- bomhsr regi ent' from Jueterbag
Alter Lager; this regiment transferred to an unidentified destination to the east
in June 1953 Meanwhile, construction work on the fence around the field and an
a;.nition dump at the field had been completed.
2. Regiments transferred to Welzew in July 1953 and this .first half of August 1953
respectively included the former Soviet training regiment for the V11L, now de-
si. nated Aeroclub, from Cottbus; and a fighter regiment from Koethen which is
probably not subordinate t, the fighter division in Mer: eeburg0 In late August
1953, the former Soviet training regiment for the VPL left Walzow and transferred
to Puetnitz. Thus, ...only the fighter regiment from Koethen is still located at
Welzow airfield. This regiment established the usual radio installations at the
field making it serviceable for night and bad weather flights like all the other
fighter airfields.
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