KUMMERSDORF BOMB RANGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600840002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/11/13: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005600840002-9
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KummersdorT'Bomb Range
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DATE OF COMttNL
DATE OBTAINED
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1. Ddtttng the period of 17 August t~ 1 Septe.41ex 1954, n trrlning flights 25X1
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VQ urcccaa VVVV LULU ..~7v. All tine ?.eir -t inielvec.t tJ.ea~ wiilhOt. auxiliary GJn I
fuel tanks. No angular metal rad ret"1.&ctors wvra deep. near 4the targets.
were Made over Ku#ersdor
bombltlaxige except for 25 Au st) when Il-28s .~'
practiced flying without bombing. There was a southwesterly wind and. ,,,.-
a slightly scatte d clout bme. ailert was sounded at 0600. '~At about 080Q',
2 I1-28s came frofthe? nort~&ar'med.ium altitude and approafhed the`'.targets
in Jagen.(forest sub-district) 105/106. At a distance of ,pbou*, 2';-000
meters from the targ , ov*,plane t~rned to the west and.ithe tither plr:ne
to the east. After flying aft&nd .Erik, the aircraft e'E ecked', the targets
and flew partiall 1`etween a clquds.; 'hese fligI were ?epedted 2 or
3 times. This proielare was,r4*e ga,bY 2.I1 -28s every 90 Anutea '
2. At 0615 on 5 Sept"ber, an alert was ou gc'at Kummersdorf b6 bi range
There wan a th
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peg a om r iMr get in the AA gun emplacements in Ja n
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105/10,6. Subs ently, 1W` 11-28 made a wide bank to the crest and'tolAth 25X1
and returned f m the southeast to release another bomb. This prOceduue
was repeV