ROTHENBURG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007600800010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 16, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Mapionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Rothenburg Airfield
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 16 August 1955
NO. OF PAGES 1.
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED
1, Airnraftrunit C"0 ?1'~yOe T~5 )s
28 IL 28
1 Ll 2
30
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Elvin ie 11
On se,k Jaye there was ooneider'abI flying, c y by IL 2V6 e in the
form of ,roas ,*crn'>try flights and ?:, raig t .. - ;", f igh`, 3, In the croee-,
crmzatry flightsp the IL 28os werr, t r, wing tazke and were
absent from the airfield for o,Rer ? %ri : ne !r ? r h,'.~urs, Formation
flying was carried out by 8-10 IL 16 r,
b,
1 On I? Dine 9 at approximately 2100 r, " *.:. y ang with 4 IL 28's
was ~bea..r red s, but only take~~off`l a n,5 i~r, .rwx ,;_I d be i~aen, Normal
airfield lighting was used,
40 ALL
Ten guns w,a,re ubsax ed on the fringe of t fi w ,'6 ,:: X;;,>afo, .~Pf the airfield,
The guns were 4e:7ered and dug in9 and had ar : t Uber of approximately
70 mm,
5, Gz?c~und Raai,_`
A radii vas in position at the *;,z
was in progr*es,
T t raway when flying
E STATE 1 ARMY _K NAVY
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