BRANDIS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004401010004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION S1:t;E7
COUNTRY East Germany
TOPIC- Brandis Airfield
EVALUATIO 14 PI AC E OBTAINED,
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS-This is UNEVALUATED
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Braid`s airfield probably transferred to Alt Loennewita between 12 and 14 May 1954.
At that time, 4 trains left Brandis bound for Felkenberg and Finsterwalde. Previous-
ly._3 trains moved, to Brandin. including 2 from Fl nptsr1 is am i from Weimuchen.
ouservea an rInscerwaiae anal in werneuchen. No information has been
received on the future employment-of'.Brandis airfield. The shipment from Werneuchen
in particular tends to indicate that Brandis.airfield is intended to be re-occupied
by a bomber unit.
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1. Between 12 and 28 May 1954, n^? 11-10s were parked at Brandis airfield, nor was
air activity observed there, Occasionally, a Po-2 was observed at the field. On
19 May, a total of 3 Li-2s landed at the field at various times. As previously
observed, the field was repeatedly crossed by MiG-15s or fl-MiG-15s.
2. Since the departure of the ground attack unit, new air force soldiers have been
observed at the field. Source noticed that some of the new soldiers were very young
and that they spoke German fairly well. A portion of the quartering facilities
was again occupied. The new troops had apparently arrived by rail, as a vacant train
was observed at the railroad station. The a munition sheds in the southeastern sec-
tion of the field were empty and the tents near the AA gun emplacement were dis-
mantled.