SCHOOL NO 500 OF THE VDA AT KAMENZ

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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School No 500 of the VDA at N!9menz
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REPORT
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DATE PREPARED.
;~tR~ES ENCLOSURES
K MARKS
20 August 1954
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In early March 1954,, the VDA School No 500 was organized as follows:
headquarters
let En with 1st,, 2nd and 3rd'Cos
2nd Bn with 4th, 5th and 10th Cos
meteorological section
Ti and T2 Sections
motor transport squadron
This organization was newly established in mid-February 1954
The TI and T2 Sections were also newly activ ated in mid-February
1954 and consisted of newly drafted soldiers who were to be trained
as aircraft mechanics o . Each of the five companies with the numerical
designations 1 through 5 consisted of 3 platoons for military basic
training. Each platoon was subdivided into 3 groups. For theoretical
training, each company was divided into 5 instruction groups which
were given numerical designations., such as Class No 33 for the 3rd
instruction group. of the 3rd Co. No details were known on the
organization of the 10th Cop the meteorological section or the
motor transport squadron. 1
2. t,te ?ng Facilities
The Lchool IIo 500 was quartered in the former Panzer Kaserne on
I-Zacher Strasse in Kamenz,, referred to as Object I. The adjacent
Object II housed a portion of the Bautzen Aeroclub and the 4th
Tech Base in Kamenzo 2
3. Personn?1 Stre h
In February 1954, the School No 500 had. an estimated strength of
1,300 officers, NCO: and-students. The individual units were
believed to have the following personnel strengths:
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headquarters
training department of headquarters
1st, 2sd, loth and 5th Cos "
3rd Co (largest company)
10th Co
meteorological section
Ti and T2 sections
motor transport squadron
Total-. about
off -I o f w chool. Igo ~0Q
The following offices were Imam.,
Chief
Deputy chief and political officer
FdJ secretary
chief of cultural department
in charge of cadre matters
in charge of basic training
and athletics
medical officQ.'
chief of training department
chief of 3rd Co
political officer of 3rd Co
platoon leader of 3rd Co
in charge of technical
instruction on aircraft
about 20 officers and 18 NCO&a
120 officers end 30 NCOs
20 officers and a total of ,465
officer candidates
3 officers and 135 officar candidates
5 officers and 100
1 offic r and 30
6 officers and 210 2
30 NCO9 and 04
175 offic ?s and l,080 NC0 s and EM
Colonel Leopold (fnu)
Lieutenant Colonel Rauhbach (fru)
Major Voigtiaaender (.fnu)
Lieutenant 3'oelle (fnu)
Sub-Lieutenant Zylanund (fnu)
Lieutenant Hermann U nu)
Captain Kraft (fnu)
Captain Dr o Rosser (fnu)
Trajor Buechel (fnu)
Lieutenant 3auastian (f'nu)
Lieutenant Jaoh ling (f uu)
Senior Lieutenant Preil (fnu)
sub Lieutenant Strege (fnu)
As the position of a chief of staff .me not provided for according to
the table of organizaations the chief of staff was called chief of the
agency
The company chiefs appointed 0: fa ?gruppen Aeltest,. " (speaker a of
classes) and 't h ,~?uppcan PA"' (political functionaries of ciaoaes)
from among the officer candidates . Some T3r.31i s of the latter group
were selected as .ppoviai3io group loaders. Soviet advisers were
Colonel Hera and Colonel Tannenberg (fnu) who probably had cover names.,
The following Jin;,truc't on Lerial was available is the class rocs
of the school buildings
Model M U !? 3 aircref engines for Yak--1.8;,
model ASH 21 aircraft engines for Y?k-1.1
nio`dtV)j ASH S: 17M a#>cS'ra,". enggi.sa.:13 for
;~" v~ .y,.l. n4~ rz? ` .:ash
camper ererag and otherr demonstration i.netr ument,e,
inatr a tion . s3pi ts, y (yX of t chni ca I l', uetra tioa, and ~+ '&sAa & tion of Soviet r, 5'u .ie
A wind tunnel, about 4, m i s a va ii_ali13 in one class
room o One codal each of 'I hc,, Yak--!.8,, Yak- 1.1 and l =- 9 r a't .a_thoift
outer skin wereel sracted r, haen loo `s i, j t t 1 ~ P.ddition ids
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,ar and ua kohop equipment wa e a v-dilaablo ha ..ugar Not : aerz i ^a?.La 1.d
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6. ft k c~:~ per
There was a duty roster for school training as wset.l Ss fo:- technical
trai.ning0 .D? t`x for Scholl training; 06;00 reveille
0800 to 1200 instruction
14' 0 to 1900 pr vate %tudy o:
college training
2000 to 2200 political indoctrmnat.~
Duty roster f'or technical training, in force since January 1954:
a) 0500
0600 to 1400
afternoon
2100
b) 0600
forenoon
1400 to 2200
2300
7. Train3fl.
weveille
technical training on the airfield
off duty
tames
reveille
off duty
technical training on the airfield
taps
After the b;g-?nning of the s econd year of training in the fall of
1953, the following topics wore dealt with in school training:
Construction of model. Yak--18, Yak-11 anc? La-9. aircraf t,
construction of r&zadel M 11 F3, ASH 82 F1 and ASH 21 engines,
oparating, of aircraft engines,
map reading and use of march
political ircioctr inat:? on, one double period evory second day.
Technical training:
Maintenance work on Yak-l8?
assembly and disassembly of aircraft engines,
assembly and disaasso ta1y of landing gears,
functioning of =in: tr?waenats and equipment
sources of ?c'._efcts on airframe
refueling and lubricating
hydraulic ee ui;:srzent
extending apd retracting of landing flaps
extending and retracting of landing gears of propped-up aircraft
ws . : up of engines and test runs
During the second year of training, no military basic training
or callisthenics were conducted but only athletics during the
off-duty hours.
8. Political Indoctrination
Topicss History of the Communist Party in the USSR.
History of the working class movement in Germany.
The peoples' struggle for peace.
The USSR' a bulwark against Western Imperialism.
The Four-Power Conference.
The 4th SED Congress.
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The political. officers of the classes did not give political
instructions, but tried to,raise the political reliability of
the students? They helped students in making the best use of
their study hours and instructed the political functionaries and
agitators of the individual classes. Most of the students were
faithful followers of the SED line,
90 YCamenz? Airfield
The landing field extended from north to south.and from east to
west for a length of about 600 meters and about 500 meters
respectively. Its firm grass cover, though in poor condition,
dried quickly, even after heavy rain,, except for the northern
and northeastern sections which were marshy and under cultivation..
After 1952, an auxiliary runway extending from south-soi?thwest to
north-northeast was covered with runway mats but which, in the
spring of 1953, were removed again as the ground was not solid
enough in the northern section. Mving the spring of 1953aa two
concrete hangars, each 70 x 30 x 15 meters, were constructed,,
Hangar No 1 housed 3 La.-9s, 4 Yak-18s and 1 Yak-11 for training
activity by the students of the School No 500, Hangar No 2 was
occupied by 8 Yak-18s of the Aeroclub in Hautzen. A dilapidated
wooden hangar, located along the. wall at the northern edge of
the landing field,, was not used. In February 1954, construction,
work was under way on three brick buildings in the southern
section of the field. Hangar No 1 housed tool cupboards, boring
machines, milling machines and lathes for the students. At the
end of the spur track was a fuel dump with 3 containers which
was not yet in use at the beginning of 1954. At that time, the
aircraft were refueled from tank trucks. A camp with 7 barracks
buildings was located south of the fuel dump. The flight control
station with a control tower vas located between hangars Nos 1
and 2. The aprons in front of these hangars were concreted for
a width.of about 50` . me veers to the beginning of the fuel dump.
No taxiways, aircraft dispersal area or other concrete hardstands
were available.
e t. According to previous information, aircraft
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sec nice were also trained in the 6th, 7th and 8th Cos and
radio and weapon mechanics in the 9th Co of the School No 500.
It is assumed that the personnel of these companies have
meanwhile terminated their training and were detached to the
Aeroelubs,' The training course for this personnel in Kamenz was
to last only 1 year, New arrivals were probably assigned to the
Ti and T2 sections. The meaning of the abbreviations Ti and T2
is not known, The 10th Co comprises an officers training course
for radio and signal coirmunications. This training course had
been stationed in Augustusbad near Radeberg prior to late April
1953. The meteorologists were formerly trained in Pirna.
2,I CS For sketch of billeting area in the former
mazer Kaserne in i eng, see Annex 1.
3 [:::jComanen For sketch of Kamenz airfield, see Annex 2.
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Annex 1
School 173o 500 of Lit j.:ui.,onz
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school. No 500 of V33~ at Kaxnenz
I School
2 New headquarters building with guardhouse
3 Officers club and HO store
4 Building housing billets for meteorological section and
central weapons stockroom
5 Quartering building
6 Old headquarters building, officers billets
7 and 8 Hospital
9 Gy naeium and culture house
10 Hall No 1+7
11 Hall. No 47a housing workshops
12 Garage
13 Warehouse
14 Heating plant
15 Quartering building
16 Firing range for small-caliber arms
17 Filling station
18 Garage
19 Ilotor vehicle repair shop
20 Temporarybuilding housing headquarters
21 Quartering building
22 Fire pond
23 Quartering building
2.4 Kitchen and messhalii
25 Building housing administrative officesg switchboard and
teletype station
26 Temporary building housing rotor transport squadron
27 Quartering building for 3rd and 4th Cos
28 Shed
29 Seven aunition bunkera
30 Wall
31 Entrance and guardhouse
32 Entrance to Object li
33 Tennis court
34 Drill ground
35 Building occupied by chief of school
36 4ID headquarters
X High lookout posts
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2 '3uildin~ und.cr construction
3 Fuel du p
4 ?oven loc: i..,ooven_ quart ring uil iin',s
5 wilding under construction
6 T:c^shrll
7 Ilan ; : r . To 1
3 -ii'l ht control station
9 Han;r ~ o 2 13 3action under cultivation
10 oodan ha ?':rr 14 Conc:.'c; te a,Prons
11 Piring ran e 15 ?o_^.ier ?2Znzer Kaserne, Object I
12 ~)ur track 1,0 r ',-mzer I,aseine fl Object II
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