EAST GERMAN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY: FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN DRESDEN

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• Publication Date: May 18, 1959
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY East Germany
DATE OF
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East German Aircraft Industry: Further
Development of Aircraft Production
in Dresden
REPORT
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l: Production of the IL 14 aircraft
Be een summer 1958 and January 1959,9 the 46th through 61st planes of this
type were produced. They were distributed as follows:
46 and 47
48 and 49
50 and 51
52 and 61
class flights, with 32 seats instead of the sta.ncda.rrl 24_ ThrA or-
this production is to be suspended. These are to be equipped for tourist
East German Army
flown from East Germany to
December 1958
still in Dresden in January 1959; one was schedule
to be sent in. Oa?1y..F:e iruary to North Vietnam
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of them at the airfield. No customers for these planes
existed as of January 1959. 1i
not yet allocated; they were still in Dresden, most
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959, 25 more planes of this type are to be completed and then
customers for these planes.
The IL-14 sells for 2 million DME; this price is the sameibr the East German
Army as for the other Satellites. However, production costs are well over
the 2 million DME mark.
The East German commercial airline, on the other 50X1-HUM
hand, purchased its first plane, an IL 14, from the USSR for 600,000 DME.
This plane is no longer produced in the Soviet Union. East German production
costs were higher because, since there was no assembly-line production,
most of the work was done by hand.
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Halle 22 was being used for final assembly in -January 1959.
c. Halle 35 ':has .'been:-', completed, and by the end of 1958 was being used for
flight testing.
d. During the last few months of 1958 the wind tunnel in Halle 38 was completed;
the high and low velocity channels were added last.
e. A new building, the so-called Vere.eiu gsshalle (refinement building), is,planned
to be erected on the airfield grounds at Dresden-Klotzsche; no number had
been assigned to this building as of January 1959. For the first construction
phase (framework), 61 million DME have been allocated. Among other things,
the production of eloxadized zinc sheet is to take place. It is possible that
future production of military aircraft will also take place here. The new
building is to be on the other side of the street, between Halle 19 and 22.
It will be 170 meters long; the cellar area is 10 meters deep.
4. The Dresden-Klotzsche airfield
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2. 52 type aircraft
In addition to details on model V 1 of the 152, mode]-
V 4, 5, 6{ 7, 8, 9, and 10 through 13 are in production. The most important 50X1-HUM
is the V 4, on which the series production is to be b This model will be
assigned the designation BB 152/II. the differences between
the V 1 and the V 4. The V 4 is sche uled to be flight tested before August 50X1-HUM
1959, and the first BB-152/II planes are to be ready for export in 1960. During
the Third Five-Year Plan, 200 BB-152/II's are to be produced in Dresden. The
V 1 of the BB/152/II was still equipped with a Soviet engine in January 1959,
since the 014 eri J.ne had not yet been flight tested. The 014 engine, developed
by the VEB Entwicklungsbau, Pirna-Sonnenstein, has been installed in a Soviet
IL 28 bomber at Leipzig-Schkeuditz, for testing purposes. After it has been
tested, it is to be turned over for series production to the VEB Industriewerk
Karl-Marx-Stadt. This is to take place, at the latest, in summer 1959.
3. General information on production
a. The plan realization of the VEB Flugzeugwerk (Aircraft Factory) Dresden in
1958 was 103%; three IL 14 planes above the planned quota were pr'dduced.
b. The framework of Halle 19, at the pla .S.itn in Dresden was completed
as of January 1959. The building is of the same size as Halle 22 (170 x 50X1-HUM
170 meters). Production in the building is scheduled to be in in s rin
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f1 eld beacons and markers is planned . i ].:.n,,
During 1959 the construction of buildings and installations designed for flight
ftfstY, use is to be completed at the airfield. The installation of air-
Short landing path transmitters (Kurz-Gleitwegsender -
ILS), are still being tested, and were not yet in use for flight traffic
as of January.
c. An all-round search apparatus andlanding radar were erected on the airfield;
these devices were sent from the USSR. However, after some discussion between
the East German Air Force Oberkommandant Kessler, the Soviets, and East German
aircraft industry officials, it was decided that this equipment vou]4: blertted
fcclnaively by Eadtt Gnen;,Army,('NVA): peftonne1.ii
The instruments are on the northwest side of the field, opposite the C-Bahr.
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5. Production of consumer goods
a. The Dresden Aircraft Factory is to produce consumer goods in 1959, as
follows:
Conveyer chains for beet harvesters
570 potato plantifg-machines
Windows and doors for the Construction Industry
Equipment for 400 refrigerator cars
22,000 fenders for automobiles
[1&tch covers for ships
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