BRANDENBURG-INDUSTRIEHAFEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600820007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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East C~rmany
Brandenburg-Industriehafen Airfield
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REPORT
6 December 1954
1. l3etrveen 1 and ? October 1954, the Infanterie Kaaerne in Brandenburg
appeared to be less occupied than previously. There was vehicular
traffic in the direction of Brandenburg-Briest. The following matox
vehicles were seen at the barracks installatic-;:
pulled out of their dive at an altitude of bout. 150 meters but
2. Ihiring the period from 12 October to 1 November. there was no air
activity from 17 through 19, 21 through 24 and on 29 and 30 October
at Brandenburg-Industriehafen airfield. During the remainin,; days
there was mainly individual flying and also night f lyir~;;. On some
days, 7 to 9 I1-lOs flew in a circle from where they dived
individually at an angle of about 45 degrees fer low-level attacks
on targets on Br,~ndenburg-Briest airfield. The aircraft usually
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~. Un 1 P?ovember, the AA 'gun emplacement at the Western edge of the
field was occupie3 by 5 light 1~ guns and b heavier A~ guns. Only the
muz::les of the gone were assn. Ten tents ti7ere seen between the ~A gun
emplacement and the landing field. The Axl unit had an estimated stren,;th
of .3O men who were occasionally seen doing athletics. Six AA guns of
hea'rier caliber were seen in the AA gun enplacement at the northern edge
of ':he field between the airfield boundary and the end of the footpath
at 1leuendorf er Sand . 3
4. On ?1 October, building l~ro 1 of ttie Infanterie ~:aserne was fully
lighted. Previousl the buildin? had been only partly li~,hted.
iruc!cs each of them occupied
by 8 air force soldiers were seed at the In~arterie Yaserne on 28 October.
5. Duriti; the period between 13 and 2f3 Clatober, I1-lOs practiced flying on
l~j, ?O, 27, and 28 October. There wa,s no flying on the remaining days.
On 26 Octobex, about 3Q I1-lOs were ;~a,rked at the field. 2
6. Since about 20 October, earthvrork has been under way at the training
~rowid of the Infanterie Y:aserne. Pits, about 25 x 1~~ meters, were
excFV..~,ted. The construction site was surrounded by a wooden fence. about
50 lo;;s, 20 to 25 cm in diameter and 6 to 8 meters lon, were seen next
to the pits. It appeared that air raid bunkers were to be built there,
o~~ possibly a filling station was to be constructed. r1r. air unit was
stationed in the main building of the barracks installation. ~1n air
:'orce sentry wag posted at the entrance of buildir~ P:o 3. Building i1o 1
ryas not fully occupied by the air unit. nt about 2130 on 27 October,
the western part of the buildir~; was fully lighted, while only two
thirds of the eastern part were lighted. The second floor of building
lJo 5 was also lighted. 4
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of which have thus far been recorded.
Comment. Brandenburg-Industriehafen airfield is occupied by a
;;round attack re,;iment which is equipped with about 45 I1-lOs, 27 numbers
~Co~~-ent. The two A.~S gun emplacement were previously only occupied
by 3?-mm Atl guns. AA guns of heavier caliber are normally associated with
airfields occupied by ground attack aircraft. The information remains
to be confirmed.
grot-nds of Infanterie Kaserne is not yet clear.
Gommen*. The nature of the construction work at the training
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