JUETERBOG AIRFIELD

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East Germgny,. .
COUNTRY REPORT
TOPIC Jueterbog Airfield
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10 December 1954
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1. Between' 17 ?ac'tdber and I6'November 1954, up to 30 LUG-153 or
U-EiG-15s were ?observe4,gn the landing field of Jueterbog airfield.
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temporarily seen aloft. 1
2. Air activity was occasionally*conducted at J'eterbog-Damm airfield.
Individual practice flights were made b Po-?J, du it moonlit nights.
3. The following observations were made at Jueterbog1atrfield between
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28 and 29 October. There was no air activity. Between 0800 arid'1700,
jet engines were tested on the engine test stands for 30 minutes.
The dismantling and mounting of an engine of a LiiG-15 or U-MIG-15
lasted about 2*hours. The dismantled aircraft were hauled to the
test stand and, after the test run, the engines were either trucked
to the former air technical school or again mounted in aircraft.
Immediately after the dismantling of an en,;?ine, another engine was
fitted in the plane.
30 October. After 0600, ? engines.. were tested on the test stand. .
These engines had not been dismantled from LiG-15s or U-,iiG-15s but
.arrived on trucks from the former air technical school. It could
not be observed to which place the engines were transported after
Cleaning work was being done on 1.1iG-15a or U-LiG-159 parked in front
of the k ngars. tt 1400, 4 UG-15s or U-LiG-15s taxied from the
western hangars to the take-off point, made a flight of 20 to 25
minutes dl4ration_ then landed and individually taxied back to the
hangars
minutes at intervals of.2 hours. 2
they were tested. The individual engines were tested for 30 to 35
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At 1100, a transport) landed and 8 officers
descended. Later, the officers apparently left by train for the
USSR.
l November. 'o air .activity was observed at the field. The .1iG-15s
or U-MG-15s were towed out of the hangars, arranLed in rows in
front of the hangars and then towed back into the hangars.
2 November. No air activity was observed. A general cleaning was
under way in the northwestern hangars.
3 November. Large-scale cleaning work was bean? done in all
buildings and hangars at the field and on the field itself. The
doors and windows were given a new coat of paint. No air activity
was observed.
4 November. At 1200, a iiiG-15 or U-I.G-15I took off
and made a 25-minute flight. After the landing, the aircraft taxied
back to the northeastern hangar.
5 to 8 November. The field was off limits to all German civilians.
9 November. Some .iiG-15s or U-I$G-15s were towed out of the hangar.,).
The jet engines of the aircraft were started for about 5 minutes.
There was no air activity.
10 -November. A total of 10 " L:iG-15s or U-i.iiG-15s were towed from the
:lorthern hangars to the eastern end of the runway. After 1300,
individual take-offs were made at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes. The
aircraft flew individually and in elements of two toward Liarkendorf.
The aircraft remained aloft for 20 to 25 minutes. Air activity was
discontinued at 1600.
11 November. Between 0900 and 1200, some local flights were made by
LiG-15s or U-MG-15s at intervals of 15 minutes. :;'hen air activity
was terminated, the aircraft were parked in the western hangars.
After 1500, maintenance and overha;:lin,, work was done on some I;,iG-15s or.
U IviiG-l5s. :;'ork was being done on the landing gears, the cabin roofs,
and on the elevators assemblies of two aircraft. The landing ;ears and
turning joints of the rudder assembly were al,?arently greased by
soldiers who held some sort of a oil can.
12 November. During the afternoon, 14 hi, -15s or U-IiiG-15s were
towed from the northern hangars to the runway. Between 1800 and 2300,
flying was ;practiced by swept-back ?et fighters.
13 November. Between 0900 and 1130, there ws air activity by 8
1,14G-15s or U-I,iiG-15s from the western hangars. The aircraft made
individual flights which remained aloft for 20 to 25 minutes.
18 November. Between 1100 and 1.130, a. jet engine was running on the
test stand.
19 November. Three M1G-15s or U-II0-15s tay_i d from the northern
hangars to the take-off point, took off at interv-l;;
and made local flights of 15 minutes duration.
At 1400, a Li-2 landed and o officers carrying
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The recruits who had arrived a short time before had meanwhile
received air force epaulets and were assigned to the individual
croups as drivers, radio operators etc. A train for the USSR
continued'to leave every second day from Altes Laser railroad
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At about 1530 on 13 November, a total of 27 I!iG-15s or U-LIiG-15s
were observed on Jueterbog airfield. Of these aircraft 4'were
parked side-by-side along the runway, 9 were spaced- at large
intervals on the northern edge of the runway, 8 were parked at
irregular intervals in front of the hangars, and 6 made local
Co.:ment. Jueterbog aiifiel' '~ s~`still occupied by two
ig ar regiments. Air activity was again intensified when the
preparations for the day of the October Revolution on 7 November
1954 were completed.
Up to ;40G-15 a Or - iG s, we re coup d on t > -'
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Com . The u ual overhauli work on aircraft, a ines and
equipment' was otserve ' i t ; the'fa f t . eason. 'die _4n dine "ash
aircraft was exchanged' within 2 h'hurs.'he' engines Mere ktaPbn
the test stapd for 30 m es. Jet engines which were found defective
after tejsttng on ttie, t~ d here presumably av haute in t"hll
area#'oi the `for'mer air %e in' al school.
Coxnment- * In excha ze 'of %erso_ nel was' repeatedly nbservPd"
dur;,,~ t eja season. Flyi'n~; personnel arrived in a ti-2 ate'
Juetgrbp airfield ezd left for t'he USSR -by train which, dafipax~teg-
from JuetereboAltes Laker railroad station every tong day.
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