WOLFSBEHRINGEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800970002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/07/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005800970002-3
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/C( Ot - U. S. OFFIC
COUNTRY Fast (rp,g?Any REPORT
TOPIC Wolfsbehringen Airfield
EVALUATION CE OBTAINED DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED 10 January 1955
REFERENCES
PAGES L.~.. ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) 2 - sketches }t+s with legend
REMARKS
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1. The Wolfsbehringen airfield construction project was still designated 25X1
Object0 In connection with other agencies not belonging to the
Bauunion Sued the designation "Zoennchen Construction Site" was used.
2. Construction Site'and Runway. Work was completed on the runway construction
site. No more construction work was to be done on the runway in 1954. A 25X1
previously reported it had been planned to concrete at first about 400
meters of the runway, later this project was reduced to 200 meters and
finally it was dropped completely for the current year. This was primarily
a result of the delay in the cone ctioa of the a .3ras ea e-tion
handicapping the activities at the field which, thereto e, had to he
continued during the frost period. Secondarily the construction of the
runway was hampered by the soil at the field, a resilient clay marl which
was not very porous. Due to these it became necessary that new calculations
for the gravel layer be made. Originally a 20 cm gravel layer had been planner,
but since the soil held the water so long, a 30 cm gravel layer had to be
used to prevent the formation of an ice layer. A 30 cm gravel insulation
will thus be sufficient even during the heavy rainfalls which repeatedly
occur in thtii area.
Concrete road. In order to speed up the construction activities at the field,
a concrete road 400 m long and 20 cm thick was built. It was further planned
that the connecting forest road branching off from the aformentioned road to
the Wolfsbehringen - Haina road and this road itself, be concreted to as far
as 10 - Gross-Behringen roads It was not yet decided
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concre s indispensable because the section o e e d
near the roads wou d dated after heavy rainfalls. Source furnished a
sketch of the location of the concrete road leading to the construction
site.
4. Drainage. A total of 4,000 meters of drainage pi d been laid on the left
and right sides of the runway. One hundred Type 1+
the pipes had to be removed and of the ship l"M Im
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