PARNDORF AIRFIELD AND AIR FORCE KOMENDATURA AT BRUCK ON THE LEITHA RIVER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800350007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CIASSIFPCATION SERE
COUNTfY Austria
TOPIC,
Parndorf Airfield and Air Force Komendatura at Bruck on the Leitha R ver
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'EVALUATION PI ArF OBTAINED,
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
DATE PREPARED 29 December 1954
1. Between 0815 and 1330 on 29 November 1954, 28 MiG-15s, 3 Yak-11s
and a wrecked Pe-2 were seen at Parndorf airfield. There was no
air activity. There was a 8/10 overcast at an altitude of about
1,500 meters, southwesterly wind of about 8 km/h and visibility
as far as the Leitha Mountains. Construction work at the field
was apparently completed. The AA gun emm-lacements were occupied
by o x 37-mm guns and guarded by patrolling sentries.
2. Twenty-one motor Lean-to s. Five
trucks including~ tank trucks,
UNCODED 3 van-like trucks and 4 Moskovic125X1
ype van-like trucks were parked in the open. Eight tank trucks were
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parked at the fuel dump. Thee ground radio installations were apparently
unchanged. Trucks all 25X1
of thhm with drivers wearing black-bordered blue epaulets were seen in
ttaffic at the field.
3. The air force komendatura in Bruck/Leitha was guarded by a sentr who wore
black-bordered blue epaulets. Trucks fire 25X1
truck and van-like truck all Of them with drivers
wearing black-bordered blue epaulets, were seen at the installation. 25X1
Comment. Reconditioning work on builds" -gs and installations at GJn'
Parndorf airfield was completed. The field is still believed to be
occupied by a Soviet fighter regiment (112th Gds).
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