WERNEUCHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100470003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 24, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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,REPORT
DATE PREPARED_._~___~
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Cn 15 April Y955o about 36 I1~28s were park d in front of the hanYars a.t .erreuc'ron
r~irfi? ld, Parachute junpa were continuously made over S+.rausber~? airfield as ~::us
observed from "'srnaucheno It was observed from Strausberg that air activity :~?a.a
aonduckad from 5 to 9 April and from I1 to 15 April inclusively. ~'1i~?hts were made
almost every ni;;ht up to 2300,;,1
:?., No cctira~.ruction work :ras obaervod in the foal dump in the northern section of the
field and the construction r.:a!.erial was still stored neo.r the dur.:p~,2
S ~ . Cn 2?~ April, about 53 I1~23as 1 biplane, 1 high-win;, moroplwre ar_d 1 twin-e_:~ine
aircraft ~rere parkE:d at the fi~:lda The Ilr28a were arranged as follows: 16 in the
area of han~~sra r;os 6 and 7~ 27 in front of the flight control buildin.~ at:c 10 i,n
the :~.outhwestern corner of thc~ fi~~ ld, 25X1
The upper third of thF~ rudder assemblies of 25X1
aircraft had tight fitting covers the color of which ~a4s slightly
lighter an a o t e aircru#tu The Cover apparently salvo had the black upper
edge about 6C cm wide which was observed on the upper edge of the rudder asauemb~.ies
of t3~e two aireraft~, The other aircraft ~cere also msr.rked
by b~~.ck s~:xipea about 3C cm wide. Just underneath the black upper edge on the 25X1
rudds.r assembly, on the sight aide of the Soviet sa~ar c~sas a vertical black line
about ~C cm Iong9 possibly a joirtg hinge or flap
The 1~.A gun emplacement in the northwestern corner of thsa field was again occup-tad
by ?' x 8;~mm gunsp Three additiont:l embankments were seen but their occupation could..
rot 1:?e obaerv dA Three 3?~-mr. AA guns ~~ere obaervod in tl~.e AA gun ec~pl.wcem. nt a~.ong
tie E~outhet^n taxiway east of the firing rargesn Additional AA guns were possibl3~
erapl~~.c~zd in the ar~:ti which Could not bs entirely obaerveda3
Rta.dic- Feud Radar Installations
No cr:a,n~;~~s :~14~re observed on the radio and radar instc.llations which mere previous.y
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1~ Coma~ento Wernenchen ~.:irtleld is ~rtill occn ed
reaimer~te equl d with I1-28
~Comoent~ E~cpaneion rrork which hte not been resuMd . ie to De
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done ~a the orthern tY~el dump,
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Co?ent The two L Ban enplaceaents heave been reported previouslya
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