FINSTERWALDE AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004500690002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTEND
DATE OBTAINED
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PAGES ENCLOSURES (NO. & -I PE)
REMARKS
1. Between 17 May and, 3 June 1954, riG--15s and U-MiG--15e with ex cne.ed -Land.: g
gears practiced almost exclusively local flying of , or 5 ?:ti rums duration,
at an altitude of about. 500 motors. There was usually an interval o:;' about
10 minutes between the landing and take-off. A fire truck, a radio truck
and an ambulance were arked at the take-off point,. About 10 men gearing
flying suits were observed at a small distance. Apparently practice flights
were rr:ade. On 28 May, two riG--15s were observed for the first tine r:?aking
steep banked turns at an altitude of 1,000 meters and for about 4,0 rzinutee
duration. Subsequently, an elenerit of two aircraft flying side by--.s_'.de
or in echelon fori,ation circled widely over the field. At O93 on 1 June,
an 11-10 took off and disappeared. Its landing was not observed.. During the
afternoon h Po 2 d
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ak-1L landed at the field and fain too!-[ of'f
after 30 r^i.nutes,
Wc. W OWMI I.nrougii Z 1e1E1. glasses T. .ile approaching at low levy-el. I
2. A local dairy increased its supply to the field by about 66 percent during
Y ay. A Soviet woman stated that the newly arrived per -onne h field
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had core from Wurzen. This stateirsent was also confirmed by the proprietor
of a laundry who worked for the field. 2
3. On 24 May, 12 railroad tank cars each with a capacity of 20,000 Lit rs ware
shunted to the field. The tank cars came fro, i Merseburg,
4. The radar set which had been observed south of the field in 'each .-,as see: z
about 7 In east of the field near Lieskau in ray. On 3 June a rad:Lo truck
was observed on the forr er airfield near Gahro. 3
5. Vehicular traffic at the field invnivnd tri,e*
6. Fetween 21 May and 3 June, ?IiC-15s and TMilG-15s with extended landing
gears made local f lights for 4 to 5 minutes at altitudes between
300 and 600 s.. The possibility of observation was u nited. All of
the aircraft involved in air activity taxied under their own hover from
were observed at the field 1
CLASSIFICATION 0
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 ~C nt. The information on air activity by MUG-15s and U-2i.G-15s
at Fin terwalde airfield supports the assw-?nption that the pilots of the
grow d attack division in Alt Loennewitz are being retrained on jet
aircraft for the time being. The same air activity was also observed
at Alt Loennewitz airfield..
.Comment. Another source reported that 4 rail shipments left Brandis
for Falkenberg and Finsterwalde between 12 and 14 May 1954 and, since
that date, uo 11-10 unit has-been stationed at Brandin airfield. Already
on 8 May, 27 12-10a-do rted from Brandis airfield. The present location
of these aircraft has not been determined. It is possible that the 11-1Os
of this division were either transferred to other units or were Parked
in the numerous=hangars at Alt Loennewitz and "insterwalde airfields.
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DabernaGahro airfield north of Finsterw.ildc
Is a former auxiliary of the German Air Force which has not been used since
the end of the war.
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