(SANITIZED) MILITARY UNITS, SCHOOLS, AIRFIELDS AND THE HUNGARIAN UPRISING(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1957
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material ooatatns information aSecting the National Defense of the IInited states within the meaning of the ~Dlonaie Laws, 7Ytle
18, II.6.0. Bees. 793 sad 795, the transmiselaa or re~elatloa of which is any manner to an unautharlsed~ psnoa 1s. prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY Hungary REPORT
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` ~~~, .?ho t~rgy Kilian Pilot and' aav=
~~ ~tznga~s3{an ~~ir Farce fighter c~ps~
r'. _{~) ;J. Soviet .fighter carps (6) A Soviet
E#,ras airfield during the revoln~tion~ and
ig+nris~ uprising.
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Schools, Airfields and the Hungarian ,
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Kilian Oflioera~ 1st MIG-15 8egima
igatar t~fficers~ Candidate 3choel
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COUNTRY: Hungary
Military
b. This MIG-15 regiment was subordinate t~,t~e Gyor y Kilian
Pilot and Navigator Officers' School at`,~zQlnoirfield j
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c. In November 1956 the strength of the 1st Regiment was as
follows:
70 Officers
80 Officers (taking advanced flying training)
3o xcos
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d. This number was about the equivalent of the authorized
strength; however the number increased or decreased
according to the number of cadets to be trained. .
e. The unit location was ~unmadaras airfield.
f. Present location, Kunmadaras Airfield.
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h. The Commanding Offi F th s regiment and also the Base
Commander was Jeno ~ymasi,~Captain in the Hungarian Air
Force,
i. equipment as of November
(1) 20 MIG-15
7 UT-MIG-15 (het trainers, two seaters)
11 or 12 YAK-11
9 or 10 YAK-18
2 PQ-2
1 Ambulance (4 bed)
3 POL trt~ake for kerosene
15~weapons Carriers ~~
1 011 Truck
2 Radio Trucks
3 Searchlight Trucks
1 Bus
5 or 6 Csepel, 3-ton, trucks
1 3koda deep
1 or 2 Fire Bngine trucks
1 Weapons Carrier, converted for personnel
transportation.
3 Tractors.
1-.Towing-truck
2.
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yorgy ian Pilot and Navigator Officers' Candidate
School with its head ua e e unit
sta tipped wa s
organized n o a corps w wo reg men s and an airbase
squadron support unit. This school was directly subordinate
to the Tan Intezet Csoport Fonokseg - Educational Institute
Management Group -which wss in turn directly subordinate to
Hungarian Air Force Headquarters.
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Szolnok Airfield had about 150 officers, 80 NCOs. 12
sc oo a e ow. g ra n ng a s: zolonok Airfield
. Kunmadaras Airfield, ''fapioezentmarton rfield (N47-20 E19-~+4),
" Tiszopuspok Airf~eld,~a~rrd-Szo~S-~.__~~_ _ .
The School Commander was Lie to blai,
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(1) 2 LI-2
(2) 2 PO-2
(3) 3o YAK-18
(4) 20 YAK-11
(5) 2 Ambulances
(6) 3 Radio trucks
(7) 3 Busses
(8) 2 Fire Engines
(9) 5 POL trucks
(10) 2 011 trucks
(11) 4 Weapons Carriers
(12) 2 Skoda deeps
(13) 1 Skoda Passenger car
(14) 4 Tatra-Plan Passenger cars
(15) 1 Pobeda Passenger car
(16) 10 Trucks, 3 tons capacity
(17) 1 Towing Truck
(18) 1 Federal type towing-truck with a trailer (for
towing aircraft)
(19) 2 MAVAG, 5-ton trucks
(20) 4 tractors
(21) 1 Bulldozer
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existence of two Hungarian Air Force Fighter
orps, a ecskemet (N46-54, E19-41) Hadosztaly (Corps), which
was also known as the 66th,Fig__ht~~ p nd the 91st Hadosztaly
with its headquarters at '~`szar~ir e c'~~N '6-22, E17-54) .
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a. The 66th Fighter Corps had three filth a ,e im n s. The
headquarters was located at ~ecBkemeb~ld~h one
regiment located at 1Ge_cskemet r e ~ at._.Kiskunlaehaza
-~ rfield and one at 'Y~alocsa~ki.rfie I~46~ ~2 E18-59)
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The h corps was th a wo corps. This corps
was equipped with at least one squadron of MIG-17s which
was at Kecskemet Airfield. The rest of the corps was
equipped with MIG-15 Bis. The total number of aircraft in
this corps was estimated at about 120 Jtt aircraft.. There
were also three. IL-28 aircraft at Kiskunlaehaza A3 rPi el r] _
b. The glst Fighter Corps, including its headquarters, was
located at Taszar Airfield. This corps also had three
regiments of which the 35th and 50th Fighter. Regiments
were located at Taszar A,~,rfield, w i~rre _ 24th Fighter
Regiment was located at 'Sarmellek~~C3~i~1~1 46-4 E17-10) .
This fighter corps was equ Aped wi a ou 120 Jet aircra~
of which the maJority were MIG-15's, plus a small number of
MIG-15 Bis.
4. Military Air Transport Regiment -,one Hun arian Military Air
Trans ort Re invent was located at fiudaorrfield.
the following aircraft stationed there:
10 LI-2
6 oa 7 PO-2
2 Helicopters
(4) 2 Aero 45 (Czechoslovak make)
(5) 2 YAK-12
5. Bomber Command of the Hungarian Air Force - The bomber command
of the Hungarian Air Forc~?was formerly e- of one corps
with its headquarters at 'Szekesfehervar~ ie d`~(N47-12, E18 25) .
This corps still exists as a unit but not with its former
function because the aircraft utilised in this corps were out-
dated and spare parts were no longer available from the USSR,
This corps was to be retrained and robabl - ed with
MIG-15 aircraft, there was
a Student Squadron o a ou p o s nom this corps at
Szolnok Airfield, supposedly receia3.ng pre-flight training for
MIG-~.5 aircraft.
6. Soviet Fighter Co ~~I oviet fighter corps had its head-
quarters at'Pap~~~~~~~fi' e~N47-20, _E_1.7-28~. This corps had
three fighter regiments flf which two were st t d at Papa
Airfield and one was at "9zent i zabadJar~f~~~~el~'" 47-03
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E1~) . This fi hter con was egt~ippe w - Ts an nee
MIG-19s. one MIG-19 had crashed.
7? Soviet Bomber Corps - One Soviet bomber corps with its head-
quarters at Debrecen Airfield. This corps. had thr er
regiments of which a stationed at Debr~c~rr~ r_ _ e d
and one at Toko1,.~~~~e .d~~N47-19, E18-58 This corps was
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e ui ed with IL-28's lus trans ort a
there must have been at Least
about 150.12 sat Debrecen Airfield.
8. Mukachevc~~Fi4lrfield - there was a large
.Soviet Airfield near u ac evo in _the__Carpatho-Ukraine.
9. There was a Soviet Armored Regiment at Szolnok, equipped with
T-3~+ tanks.
10. A Soviet Armored Regiment was located at Cegled (N47-10, E19-
~+7). It was equipped with JS and T-3~+ tanks.
11. Several Soviet units were located at Debrecen.
12. The Hungarian Attoro Hadosztaly (Breakthrough Corps) was
located at Cegled. It was made up of armored and artillery
units.
13. There was a Hungarian Artillery Unit at Szolnok.
1~. One Hungarian ArtillerYRegiment was stationed at Karcag (N47-lg,
Ego-55) .
15. One Hungarian Infantry Regiment was'at Mezotur (N47-00, E2O-38).
It was supported with armor and artillery.
16. There was a Hungarian Armored Unit at Gyongyos (N~+7-5~, E19-56).
17. A Hungarian Armored Unit was stationed at Eger (N~7-5~4, E2O-22).
18. A large Hungarian Army Unit was located .at Miskolc (N~+8-06,
E2O-~+7) .
19. It was the duty of Counter Intelligence Section (Elharito
Osztaly), which wa s a part of every airba se organization, to
recruit special-agents, informers, etc. 'Normally this section
looked for persons who did not have a clean record from the
Communist point of view and therefore practically forced them.
to work for them. In other cases they tried to recruit
people by telling them it is their duty to work for them. An
amazing number of individuals were taken in by this approach.
Happenings at Kunmadaras Airfield During the Revolution
20.~ On the 22nd of October 1956, Budapest Radio stated that student
demonstrations were taking place in Szeged and spreading to
Budapest. On the morning of 23 October 1956, at about 0+30
hours, Kunmadaras Airfield was alerted; live ammunition was
distributed to all personnel, two magazine (1~4 rounds) of
ammunition for pistols to all officers, one magazine (72 rounds)
to all machine pistol holders (mostly NCOs) and 10 rounds to
all other personnel, holding rifles or carbines.
After the ammunition distribution, all personnel were allowed
to go back to their quarters and remain in the area.
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On 25 October a delegation of the revolutionary council from
Karcag ( a nearby town) came to Kunmadaras Airfield and
persuaded the airfield CO, (Captain) Jeno ~iagymasi, and' two
other officers to become members of the local revolutionary
council. The duties of this revolutionary council were to
supervise local administration, to guard the water supply,
food supply, electricity, etc., to collect food and send it to
Budapest. I{unmadaras Airfield asked for transport aircraft
to airlift food to the capital; they received two LI-2 aircraf t
from Budaors airfield which they operated from both Kunmadaras
and Budaors Airfield.
Then they started gathering arms and ammunition from the
following crease Debrecen, Nyireghaza, Szolnok, Mezotur,
Miskolc, Eger, and the neighboring smaller towns. They set
up a courier system by vehicle or aircraft in order to keep in
constant communication,
Aerial Reconnaieance of Soviet Troop Movements
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22. Kunmadaras Airfield flew reconnaisance missions from 25 .October
to 30 October 1956. They had observed Soviet armored movements
across the Soviet-Hungarian border. Soviet armored columns
stretched along a roadway about/~okM.;long. Observers believed
these columns represented strength equivalent to two armies.
These reconnaisance missions were stopped on 30 October
because the Soviets insinuated that United Nations aircraft
would be flying over Hungary to observe; therefore, all
flying activities ceased in order not to hamper UN activities.
Hungarian Units Against the Revolution
23. The Mezotur Infantry Regiment was commanded by a Hungarian
ma,~or who was trained in the USSR. He stated openly right from
the start that he was not in favor of the revolution, and that
he would side with the Soviets. He did not allow env contact
between his regiment and the revolutionaries. The revolutionaries
asked for arms from this regiment but the major refused to aid
them, keeping his regiment in readinesis, and holding out until
the Soviets reappeared. He then committed his unit against the
revolutionaries. This infantry regiment also had some artillery
and armor,
Hungarian Units Siding with the Revolution
2~. the Eger Armored Unit fought actively with the 25X1
revolu ionaries. Half of this unit was used in the defense of
Budapest. Hungarian Army units stationed at 25X1
Miskolc sided actively with the revolutionaries. Kunmadaras
Airfield also sided with the revolutionaries,
Hungarian Troops Neutral in the Revolution
25. At Szolnok Airfield unit political officers seized the initiative
and became members of the revolutionary council. With this act,
they neutralized the ~~tivities of the revolutionary council. 25X1
the Hungarian Army units stationed at
zo no rema ne neu rel.
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Estimated Casualties
26.
ere were a eas , ea an a
large number of inured as of 22 November.
Soviet Defections
27. there were Soviet defections in Budapest; in
some cases Soviet soldiers allegedly sold their tanks for bread.
Soviet Occupations of Hungarian Airfields
28.' ' On the morning of ~# November all Hungarian airfields were
occupied by Soviet armor. The Soviets appeared at Kunmadaras
Airfield in the early morning hours. With five tanks they
immediately captured the runway and then proceeded to disarm
all personnel at tkie airfield, Later it was learned that. there
were at least ~0 more Soviet tanks in readiness on the fields
opposite the runway. The Soviets. posted one tank on either
end of the runway, plus anti-aircraft artillery, in order to
prevent any take-offs. They also demolished radio sets and dash-
boards on the aircraft, and other radio sets in the warehouse,
as well as any other equipment in fight.
New Militia in Hungary
29. The new militia was formed from the stragglers of former AVH
men, former soldiers, and civilians.
the new militia was not very reliable. The patrols were made
up of one Soviet soldier, one Hungarian soldier, and one
civilian. Allegedly, some of these same civilians fought the
Soviets after duty hours.
Discharges of Hungarian Military Personne l
30. an order had been issued by the Hungarian
NCds can be discharged from military service if they so desire".
After the above-mentioned order had been issued at Kunmadaras
Airfield, anyone who wanted to be released from the service had
to sign his name on a list posted at the bulletin board. ~
Partisan Activities in Hungary
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consisting of about 2,000 men for whom food, armament, and
ammunition supplies had actually been stored in advance up in
the hills. The supplies were supposedly sufficient to permit
them to hold out for about one year.
Soviet Troop Movements in Hun ary
32. many Soviet troops were pouring into Hungary
in a la ter part of November.
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