BRANDIS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005700930002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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of the hangars could not be observed. 1
1. No air activity was observed at Brandis airfield between 27 October
and 15 November, except on 30 October when aDC-3 landed at 1030 and 25X1
took off toward the southwest at about 1150. The crossing of some jet
aircraft was seen and heard. On 11 and 12 November, one I1-10 crossed
over the field. No aircraft were parked .or the landing field and the interior
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2. Unloading operations continued aft of ha.:gar No 6, where a total of 14
railroad cars were unloaded during the period of observations. Lifting
gears were mostly used. Among other unidentified material 4 steam rollers
and 2 carloads of concrete arrived. 2 25X1
about 600.men wearing black-bordered
had allegedly arrived by train on 21'and.22 October.
because almost all of them were young and had close cropped hair. about 180
men wearing b3aak -bordered blue epaulets and arranged in individual groups
practiced lying down and getting up on the landing field on 28 October. They
blue epaulets arrived by rail during the night of 26/27 October. The total
number of arrivals after 21 October amounted to about 750 men all with
black-bordered blue epaulets. It was believed that the arrivals were. recruits.
on 15 November, about 45 men wearing black.-bordered blue epaulets were 25X1
engaged in drilling under the co::,.mand of an officer. Only basic infantry
training was done. The personnel were not given passes. 1
motor vehicles were observed:
rith driver wearing black-bordered blue epaulets
all with drivers wearing red-bordered-black epaulets
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The latter vehicle was loaded with ammunition from Altenhain. 3
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Comment. The ground attack regiment which has been re-trained 25X1
on MUG-15s has not yet returned to Brandis. It is believed that the
regiment is still located at Alt Loennewitz and Finsterwalde airfields.
The newly arrived soldiers are apparently recruits.
omment. It has not been determined which type of material is 25X1
continuously being unloaded in Brandis. It is assumed, however, that
runty mats arrived because the 2,000-meter runway must be extended
in connection with the re-equipment with MiG-15s.
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