MEMORY SKETCH OF HAVLICKUV BROD MILITARY AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2013
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Point # 1. Fence: wooden; painted dark brown; two meters high, two
strands of barbed wire strung to a height of one half
meter.
# 2. Guard Shack: one-story; wooden, painted with dark brown
ZTIFFriVfay pitched roof, almost flat; 10 x 10 x 4 - 5 in.;
bicycle room for guards in northern part of building.
Gara one-story; brick; old; painted dark green; 30 x
10 xTh 5 in. with almost level tin shed roof; painted
black; metal door on west side operated vertically on
rollers; light maintenance performed here; six to eight
cars and trucks were usually parked inside. These vehicles
belonged to airfield maintenance personnel.
BuildinP: one-story; brick and wood construction; bo x
x m.; north wing 20 in. wide, 10 in. long; entire build-
ing painted with dark brown oil paints sii.ht1N pitched
roof; used for recreational purposes north wing contained kitchen and dining room an s eep ng quarters for
airorews; two large rooms in center of building were used
as recreational rooms (dancing, etc.); southern end of
building also contained sleeping quarters for airorews.
Ap722: concrete; 80 - 100 in, x 40 - 50 m.; good condition;
used for light maintenance, engine run-up, refueling, and
parking.
#6. AlLroll: concrete; 300 - 350 in. x 20 - 15 in.,; in good
7550ItIon; used for light maintenance, refueling, engine
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run-up and parking.
Grass Parkin Stri ; same length as apron 27t. No. f%
an serve same purpose; used during all weather con itions;
tieedown stakes for aircraft and numbered perking places.
Goniorpeter Station: Five by five by four meters; flat
roofT 77;TOTre7F?FFinemitter for true bearing from station;
50:00 true bearing is the angle measured from mag-
netic north - north magnetic in Czech - to the aircraft;
dkstance not given); radio mast on top of building
50:00 2tee for sketch of goniometer antenr47.
# 9.GrasszIPart of Airfield: shaded area was paved with
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# 10. Civilian Hangar: for civilian aircraft (Svazarmi formerly
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x 10 x 5 in.; wooden; painted with dark brown
oil paint;' tarpaper pitched roof; housed three gliders,
one piper cub with continental engine, and one Po-2;
these planes flew only on Saturday afternoons, Sundays'and
holidays. All echelons of maintenance were performed in
the repair shop located in the western part of the hangar.'
# 11. Runwa grass; level; 700 - 800 X 100 in. widej largeOt
aircraft using thie runway WAN 81001,
# 12. Bu dpag; wooden; painted gray; 30 A 10 A - 5 M91
_..7rOof; all airerew,personnel and offivere alept in
thin building (all aircrew members were OfIlvera),
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Building.: same as Pt. No. 12; painted dark brown; contained a
garage for trucks and coal supply.
Building: wooden; 60 x 10 x 4 5 in.; painted dark brown with
dark gable roof; warehouse used for car parts (engines, differen-
tials, etc.) and wooden construction materials (window frames,
sashes, doors, etc.).
Road: concrete; four to five meters wide; good condition; led
Around the perimeter of the building area and between the
buildings.
16.one-story; wooden; 60 x 10 x 4 . 5 m.; barrack for
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Build;ng: same as Pt. No. 16.
Building: brick, 30 x 10 x 4 m.) painted dark green; shed
roccontained central heating system for the base and coke
pile'(hangars were heated by hot air, all other buildings had
radiators).
#_18a. Base SupplySection: 17 - 18 x 10 x 4 m.; issued complete new
gine asemblies, personal equipment, guns, ammunitionpand
other supplies;
# 18b. Hangar Part of Bui1ding1_60 x 30'x 10 - 12 in.; flat roof;
concrete floor; used 'or lightand heavy maintenance (engine
changes, airframe overhauls) and refueling; during periods of
snowy winter weather, the aircraft from Pt. No. 7 were parked
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was located here, - Fischer-Storch aircraft were parked
there.
# 18c. amp Part'of Buildin : same dimensions as Pt. No. 18b; planes
were only )iangared in northern half; major and minor truck
repairs were performed in southern half.
# 18d. Machine 112.92: 60 in. long, 5 in. high; aircraft and truck parts
inTITmadiTffire. (Points 18, 18a, 18b 18o? 18d, were the same
# 19. Buildin one-story; painted gray brick; 60 x 10 x 4 in.; flat
Door; machine shop, carpenter shop, paint, dope, and canvas
shop located in this building.
# 20. Grassy...Am: all non-shaded area was grass.
# 21. Runway: direction 26 4110 08) grass) 900 in. long, 100 in. wide)
good condition) area at the West and heavily forested. The
runway elevation increased at the rats of three or four meters
in the first 700 m, and had a down slope of approximately one
meter in the remaining ROO
# 22. OpgreVt fompti good condition) located around building
area) including Pts. 5, 6# and 15) shaded area representing
concrete pavement.
#23. i brick, painted dark green)
0 x x in.; ouse perations Section, Air Intelligence
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gation SC5o01) first floor had guards' room and issue room for
parachutes) southwest corner of first floor had garage contain-
ing two fire trucks, one ambulance, garage offices, and an
office for the officer in charge of all of the housekeeping
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functions of the base; east side of building, first floor, had
a photographic laboratory. Second floor contained the Regiment
headquartere in 1950, and the Navigation School headquarters
was there r it also had the student operations room,
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car, and the STB office.
# 23a. Control Tower: on top of building No. 23; two-story; brick;
painted dark green; five x five x eight meters; level roof;
weather station on, first floor had radio transmitter and
receiver (no teletype), and control tower on glass-enclosed
second floor; (four to five people normally on duty, including
the civilian chief of this section) possessed following
receivers and transmitters: Yalta, Fuga-16, Fuga-10, and
control switch for obstruction lights; all buildings on the
a ? red obstruction lights; mast on top of tower;
for Soviet system of signal devices used at this
airfield aircraft without radio controlled by signalman with
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# 24. ; one-story; wooden; 30 x.10 x 4 - 5 in.; painted
ar rown; shed roof; warehouse,
# 25. uidin, one-story; wooden; dark brown; 10 x 10 x 5 in.;
aarc co or gable roof; used as radio station; entrance to this
building was prohibited; there was a radio antenna in front of
this building.
# 26. DAildinv one-story; wooden; painted dark brown; 30 x 10 x
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in,; gable roof; used as warehouse,
# 27. same dimensions as Pt. No.. 26; contained mess hall
an ,c een for soldiers.
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