WELZOW AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000630009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION. {i? J
CO _1 NTRY - East Germany
TOPIC Wel?zo,r Airfield
EVALUATION.,
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES..?..,. _ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) __
.REMARKS
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1. At 1200,p..m. on 4 March 1954, no air activity was conducted at Wolzow airfield.
Around 4 p.m. s, the running of jet engines was heard, and after a hot time' several
take-offs were heard. About 5 P.M.,, two Yak 1'Ls landed at the field. Subsequently, a
U441G-15 landed there. After a short time, 12 landings were made by swept-back Jet air-
c:ra.f't Around. noon, and ur25X1
{} P.M. about 25 aircraft Caere observed parked at the fie ly. itbout 6 p.m., six aircraft
uciyc on the runway and some take-of ft were a?de,,
2. Aar guns estimated at 70 to 80 mm which were not yet emplaced were observed about 100
r>eter?s southwest of the Noupetershain Welzow railroad lime A a bout 100 meters ~. northwest
of the Bahnsdorf settlement. Nearby were radar sets of AAA 1 MK 2 type. The A! 4 iZC 3
type radar r t was observed at its >revious l.acati.on ;north of'?tho northeastern end of
the runway.
A radio truck on top of which was a ma; ?,, about 2 meters high and braced by two guy
wires, was parked in the northeastern extension of the runway. Just n. xt iA i thhc radio
truck was a canvas-covered vehicle. The PKV-45 AF station was no long ,-r observed at
its previous location about 1, 5G0 meters northeast of the runway aiid. The outer low
frequency approach beacon was still located about 1,500 meters northeast of Neupeters?-
hai.n and just southeast of the railroad line to i)rebkau. Several radio trucks were
parked next to the beaconz3
4. A strictly guarded dutip with several watchtowars was observed in the triangle formed
by the Senftenberg-C9ttbus and Neupetershain-ielzow railroad lines, near contour line
125. Five bunker-like buildings were identified in the dump which was surrounded by
a double-fonce.4 four three-story buildings and 25X1
two two-story buildings in the area south-or the previous quartering area..5 Red lamps
were seen at the no rtheastern end the runway and In the northeastern extension of
the runway.
1? Comment. It is believed that Welzow airfield it still occupied b
equipped with NbiG-9150.
Tho r egimeent which is
now stationed in Welzow had been stationed in Koethen prior to mid-August 1953<
~Cq nt. The exact number of medium AA guns (76 mm) at Welzow airfield has not
been deterrinedo The AA unit has been observes in Welzow since October 1.952? It is
believed that this AA unit remained in Woizow after the de. arture of the bombe
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la baelzow since cdr y 1953, ,rah; le the :zoelei A I K~ 2 radar 6,r- of tfor
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observed also at other oUr:' ie1r_lod
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the i uni ion dim q) of the homb~e'r unit fornerly -stationed at ieel ox- rfioid.
5. .=f,,jpw fenti, The utilization of the individual buildings is not k.o n,,
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