ST. WANIOWICO AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R000100040002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 21, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material contains Information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning; of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.B. C..
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation
of which in any manner to an unauthorized per.:
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sme,: ::baaildh~eig war, ecnatrsctcd oif f.eoc: fo- e ctitr tons,
~'he;= nuilding +N~s under 'soastant nrtuaxti.,'
The; Soviets Were going to 1160 the St. Wnuipflct Alafi ll for "X* erkergency
based ju>uvirg-off spot, to brie: i . ~dtItax xer a eelL higiz` off ici.ale
Including thail_ for the Soviet troqps atatit ;,el in ;;his a =_-a
'X he Soviets tlso dui deep pfta~r whtc 'tez:n ';:,r be uve& fe idergrorund. storage
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this field for n a,3c~ and re iF3, ,, ' &,,,xer tii^,J sIid'no?t?,expl rd this field.
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bho otones and gravel to repair and fill up scruc of the holes on the
field during the rains were scooped out of the ieat-r River. There
ergo also smll forests which via located appan ately eight, to ID
klceters southwest and vest of the airfield but they were not close
,enough to hamper any take-offs or landings, or to be used for camouflage.
TMOZ were mostly coniferous - fir, spruce, pine, larch with a mixture of
oak, boech, and birch. ':,I
During the SovietsI advance westward, the Germans in their retreat plovacdl
the field under. They made deep ruts and holes in addition to ste t
the field with wrecked equipment, boulderrs, and tree stumps.
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