1. KUMR (MIMON) MILITARY AIRFIELD 2. RADAR STATION NORTHWEST OF PRAGUE-RUZYNE AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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1. The airfield near 1 (3039 N11443 g) was a military installation which
It had eene .te cover which did not consist of individual concrete slabs.
Sines work tore still being done on the runway,, it was observed that the
subsoil samisted of 3 layers of stone, each layer covered with sand,
and a top layer of concrete about 20 an thick. At both sides of the
r= about 50 motors from the siges, were triangular lighting
facilities,, each about 3 asters long and 30 on high, which radiated
the light across the runway and upward. A g-S taxiway or concrete
apron about 100 motors wide extended north and south of the runway,
Raab section was aboug 500 asters long. Ditches were being dug along
the taxiway.
3E. Construstien work was being done on lanes, about 20 meters wide,
which branched off from the runway toward the northeast and south act?
Work was completed an strips 300 to 400 meters long, The northern
lane van rolled and it was appezrently to be covered with a concrete top
lare-r. The lanes were probably connecting strips to the runway.
4. Construction work was also vender way on 3 hangars along the western
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extended iron the eastern perimeter of Knorr to the east and covered
a sleeved and leveled area of about 3 x 4 ken. The field was bordered
by a break to the south and by woods to the east and north. More
tress were out along the boundaries and the cleared area was graded.
The landing field had a grass cover which was repeatedly roiled.
Sine. the sell van sandy., rain was quickly absorbed. There was also
a dramas facility which consisted of concrete tubes, each about
50 not is di ter,
2. An 1_ ,, which was observed through the entrance gate from the
Mimoee?? y ( chborg 5034 11/439 E) road, was 2 to 2.5 km long
and abed 100 awbiam vide and extended down the middle of the field
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e of VOW t ,way, Two bsWft VOW located along the southern
O'brIP 1410016 the MorOarn strip. The steel frame was being
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hangars could not be determined)
5. Some low wooden buildings, each abop 7 x 15 meters, were located
in the northwestern corner of the field. These buildings w ere
occupied by about 100 air fords soldiers who wore blue uniforms
with light blue epaulets probably with black-borders. The buildings
were obstructed from view by trees and a 1,5-meter-high wire Van-
fence along the road. South of the entrance to the field was a
villa-like building which housed the administrative offices.
A mast with a wind cone on top was seen near the building.
No fuel dumps or tank installations were seen at the field, but
standard tank trucks moved about in the installation.
No radio installation or DF station was seen.
6. The southern section of the taxiway or apron in front of the hangars
was occupied by 7 or 8 twin-engine and three-engine aircraft,
apparently Czech and German planes, in addition to some twin-engine
aircraft of Soviet type. No jet aircraft were observed. The aircraft
available were probab used for actic s who
jumped over the field all
Czech parachutists w ra a this airfield a a parachuting
was also practiced at night.
7. The entrance to the field was blocked bya barrier guarded by a sentry
arced with submachine gun. The guardroom was housed in a low wooden
building south of the administrative building. The road along the
field was open for public traffic but the passengers were not allowed
to stop on thezoad. No additional sentfles were posted around the
field.
8. The area east of Mimon (5039 N/1444 E) for about 20 In was used as a
troop training ground. About 16 villages had been evacuated for this
purpose. The town of Mimon was heavily occupied by troops of various
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9. Prior to 10 June 1954, the following observations were made with
regard to a radar station assigned to the Prague-Ruzyne airfield:
The radar station was located about 500 meters south of Gross Herrnda?f
(5007 N/1415 EEC, about 200,1,meters southwest of the Slany (5011} N/1405 E)
-Prague road. It covered and area of about 200 x 100 meters and was
surrounded by a lattice fence about 1 meter high, Motor vehicles or
passengers were not permitted to stop on the aBdrementioned road
about 500 meters southeast and northwest of the radar station. A
blocked field path branches off from the road and extended to the
radar station. It was about 200 meters to the sentry box at the
entrance of the station. A sedan with an aneenns was parked in one
corner of the fenced-in area and the radar set was in another corner,
A steel frame, about 3 meters high, was mounted to a mobile platform
and wire screen, about 3 meters long and 1.5 meters high, was fitted
at a right angle on top of the frame. Two stools were also seen on
the platform.
A steel tower about 8 meters high was seen in the middle of the
southwestern edge of the fenced-in area. On top of the tower was a
wire device from which some wires extended to the ground. The type of
the device could not be identified from the distance.
The operative personnel of the radar statioh were quartered in 3 low
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probably for airfield construction work was reported previously.
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. The present report confirms that
A truck with a device on top, probably a sound locator, was
occasionally observed near the radar station.3
10I Comment. A concentration of laborers at Kumr airfield
airfield and at building construction projects.
considerab3s progress was made in construction work at Kumr
Commoent. It is believed that Kumr airfield is occupied by
an a -liounit equipped with Siebel 201 reconnaissance aircraft,
and by transport aircraft which are used for training purposes
by the parachute shhool stationed in the vicinity of Kumr. For
Layout sketch of Kumr airfield, see Annex.
Convent. The radar station which is allegedly assigned
Frague Rusyne airfield is reported for the first time. From
the description it is inferred that the set is cf type SCR-527?
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Iwand:
Kumr Military Airfield
1. Landing field
2 Concrete' runway
3 Taxiway or concrete apron in front of hangars
4 Presumably a connecting lane to runway
5 Hangars under construction
6 Administratiwr building
7 Lou wooden building for billets and guardroom
8 Entrance gate
9 Guarded barrier
10 Sign reading *prohibited*
11 Mimon-Dokey road
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