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1. KOLOBRZEG AIRFIELD 2. LAUENBURG AIRFIELD

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00046R000200290008-0
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RIPPUB
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C
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 4, 2009
Sequence Number: 
8
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 29, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2009/08/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000200290008-0 C ONFIDEN`1 IAL REPORT 25X1 COUNTRY Poland DATE DISTR. ~.9 O 5J SUBJECT . 1. Kolobrzeg Airfield NO. OF PAGES 1 2. Lauenburg Airfield PLACE NO. OF ENCLS. ACQUIRED (LISTED BELOW) DATE ACQUIRED THIS IS UNEVALUATgD INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 1. KOLOBRZEG: the Russians maintain an airfield which25X1 Is 1oca ed approximately five kilometers east of KOLOBRZEG. The field was situated in close proximity to the coast and consisted, of two parallel concrete runways. The runways w '.y 2,000 m. long and were parallel to the coast ' :ins -Q - fighters there and also -IL-2s or were not permitted to land there. lisp aviators 25X1 their division commander had promulgated an order forbidding them to land there under any conditions - including serious-emergencies. They were to attempt to land at another field or ditch the plane in the sea,or neighboring,.pastures. 2. LAUENBJJPLG no new a ~jr fie 7struction north 25X1 OT LAI 13SUR( in the vicinity of WITKAU. this area lies in the sector of operatigns o t the Po s ava r Division and , n- - that if the work had commenced prior to. his-.de ? ection in December of 1952 he would have been cognizant of same, the only air installations in the vicinity 25X1 were two glider fields which were privately owned ir.at'itutions. One was located three kilometers to the. east o'?LAUENEtJRG and the other was 15 krill. to the east and 1 km. south of the small village of STRZEBIELINO. Neither of these fields were suitable for the operation of powered military aircraft. 1, e e ort that no n w fie d was bei c tr e or of LAUENB!j _1G, does not neoessaril mean a s oona. rua on, snot in progress. is highly improbable that this work was initiated during the severe winter Ino the but rather in the Spring of 1953. g=_E 1 NAVY Review Completed Approved For Release 2009/08/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000200290008-0 Approved For Release 2009/08/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000200290008-0 Approved For Release 2009/08/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000200290008-0