GROSS DOELLN AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008100470004-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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o*t Forest District 46,216 east
of the new constructed buildiqrAjjl~W District ::o. 217. An 'additional
brick building was erected 250s n th'of it. The latter building
had two stories and a wooden tower, abo 4 meters high, on its roof< 2
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If 0 4. A .p,0 meteide, which waAlea of trees an ed with
and clover,'lid along both sides of the c crete lane, These strips were
widened to 25 meters. The forest clearing no' r 110 maters wide. The distance
between the edges of the woods was also 110 tersat this point, the co necting
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5. The heating plant was nearly completed; the concrete ceiling was under
constructi2n two-story building was under constructio east of this
plant andlihe elEavatioii for r#other'~ae building *hs bolted east of this
building.624 was assumed that these buildings belonged to the second fuel depot
construction project. The control station was still under construction. Work
on this construction project progressed exceptionally slow.
6, Concreting woke was completed on the road leading along the borders of Purest
Districts-Nos.126, ,95, 94, 63, 66, and 65. The road was covered with
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3? A new brick building was and
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concrete slabs which were about 15 cm thick and measured 5?x 5.5 meters.
The construction of proposed roads was temporarily abandoned.
7. The construction of the following buildings at Forest Districts Nos 125 and
126 was completed= a kitchen, 3 permanent barracks, a dispensary, 2 sheds,
and 2 cellars. 1 Eight 2-story wooden buildings were under construction on
both side; of the concrete lane at Forest Districts Noe.,94 and 95. Five of
these buildings,which had brick basements were completed. All the buildings
were of the same type. The front sides of the buildings had 10 windows each
on both the first and the second floor., There were also two small stair case
windows on the second.fiJos. 3 Several one-family type buildings were erected
at Forest Districts Noe 126, 125, 95 and 94?.
a carbine firing range was constructed by Soviet soldiers at Forest District
No. 124. This t114g rarge was l acted north of the camp of the AA unit.
8. The ammunition depot 41t4rosa Doelin airfield was the major project of Bauunion
Brandenburg. Several roads east of the ammunition depot were reinforced with
concrete. The concrete slabs were 15 on thick and meAured 5 x` 5.5 meters.
Yost of the fence at the eastern side of the ammunition depot was destroyed,
A string of red lamps was; erected along the former fence during the night shift.
The crossing of this line was strictly forbidden.
Sandy soil was shipped to Forest District No-.115 because of the boggy ground.
The individual ammunition Q4orage sheds at the depot were numbered 1, 2, and 3.
Stacks of round wooden baskets about 150 cm long ware seen near build' Nos
2 and 3. 3
It was learned that the last time ammunition was unloaded from boars 1SS in
early July 1955 shed No.1 was empty, while small bombs 25X1
were stored in shed No 2 and bombs whic were more than 2 ssWr long were
stored in shed No,-3. The ammunition storage sheds had no conveying machinery
or loading installations; thus bomb crates had to be hand carried with the aid
of poles to the sheds. It was observed that.the rails leading to-ammo sheds Jos
2 and 3 were unused. The space between the individual ties had been filled
with broken concrete and dirt. The rails ended 1.5 meters away from the concrete
edge at the spur track.
Concreting was nearly completed on the planned roads at the new portion of
the ammunition depot. Two ammunition sheds similar to the ones already built
were to be constructed at the oonc,te roads. Space was left free on this
concrete road for the laying of rails at a later period. It was planned to
construct two motor vehicle sheds with four entrances each. These sheds are
expected to cover n floor space of 22 x'10 meters, An area near the northern
road was covered by 4 x 3 concrete slabs. Each of these slabs measured 5.5 x 5
meters. The construction of several other small ammunition sheds and buildings
was planned for both sides of the middle road. The whole area was Burro-.:+ided
by a double wire fence which was erected at a distance of 40 to 50 m.ters'from
the outer buildings. The distance between the two barbed wire fences was 10
meters. At that time the area was cleared of trees. Construction materials were
already made available. Construction work was ceing *arried- out with great
speed. 4
9. Some workers and machines were transferred to Allstedt (Querfurt) and Gars.
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been delayed because of lack of workers.
10. Three workers of Bauunion-Brandenburg were recently arrested. It was said
that these 3 workers were agents of a Western intelligence service.
11. On 10 July and 20 July respectively, a total of 680 and 677 workers of V ?"B
Ing. Tiefbau Brandenburg were emplgpd at the Gross Doelln airfield construction
project.
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Comment. The present report supplements previous information. For
layout sketch of buildings at Forest Districts Nos 125 and 126 and for
gro'md plans of major buildings located there, see Annex 1.
Comment. For location sketch of runway and buildings north of it,
see Annex 2.
Comment. For sketches of front view and side view of wooden buildings
at Forest Districts Nos-,94 and 95 and for location sketch of ammunition
depot, see Annex 3.
Comment, For layout sketch of ammunition depot, see Annex 4e
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Legend to Annex 1
1 Headquarters building
2 Headugarters building
3 Headquarters building
4 quartering billets
5 Quartering billets
6 Three-story quartering billets, 30 x 13 meters
.7 Three-story building, probably quartering billets
8 Three-story building, probably quartering billets
9 Cellar with foundations 64 cm thick
10 Cellar with foundations 64 cm thick
11 Kitchen, about 50 x 30 meters
12 Kitchen, about 50 x 30 meters
13 Storage shad, 11 x 50 meters, with 4 entrances on each side
14 Storage shed, 11 x 50 meters, with 4 entrances on each'side
.15 Transformer station
16 New transformer station, 7 x 9 meters, 4 meters high, with concrete ceiling,
1 door, 1 meter wide, and 2 doors each 1.4 meters wide.
17 Pumping station
18 Steam bathe
19 Two-story building with slanted roof, housing the dispensary
20 Athletic grounds
21 Parking lots
22 Firing range
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Legend to Annex 3
Sketch It Wooden building
Sketch 2: Arenunition depot
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II Stacks of empty baskets
III Completed concrete road
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b Spur track
c Transversal rail
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Legend to Annex 4
I to 5 Ammunition dumper
6 and 7 Motor vehicle s2;eds
8 Loading ramp, 20 x 15 meters
9 Small buildings
10 Dog-kennel
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Lays t of BuildiIn_r at Forest Dietriate Noe. 125 and 1_26
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