DRESDEN/KLOTZSCHE AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100110006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVA!_UATED INFORMATION
1, The Dresden/Klotzsche Airfield is located about one kilometer west of
Lausa?Klotzsche main road and three to four kilometers north of Klotzsche. 50X1
~ttached as Enclosure (A) is an overlay of ?the Dresden area9 showing the
field~s.locatio~ A forest extends along the southeast border of the field?
to the southwest there is an_inhabited section, 50X1
It was formerly a German air ie an is e only one
in the area, The field is roughly rectangular about 2000 m long (IVW-SE}
and about 1000 m wide (TV~SW), It could be extended in the northwest and
nartheast but was blocked on_the other sides by the .forest and inhabited
section, ~Foint X159 Enclosure (B~ Th.e only access to the field ~~ 50X1
.road leading to the LausamKlotzsche road.
oin , nclosure B ~ 50X1
There was only one runway LPoint #89 Enclosure (B}~] on the field, It was
of pressed dirt about 1 00 m lon about 0- ,~ and extended NW~SE, 50X1
there were three
aprons, ai.n s , and ~ nclosure B One was of asphalt-concrete
square blocks (,yO m square) and covered the area in front of the hangars
and the southeast side of the hangar, This apron was about 600 m long
and J~.O m widen Two aprons of the same construction lay in front of the
hangar buildings, These two were each about 60 x 50 m. The field itself, 50X1
with the exception of the runway and the aprons9 was grass covered, The
area sloped slightly toward the northwest and northeast? the round was
of clayish sandy composition, 50X1
condition,
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direction, the only obstructions were the hangar buildings and coniferous
forest south of the field, The trees were about 20 m high, ~~~~~
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STRTE t"iI`/~ it DISTRIBUTION 50X1
take offs and landings were in a NW-SE
carried us from this field to Altenburg, 50X1
o aircra ere the 2 transports from Altenbur .Airfield w '
F} M AIB E'V
the existing instarraL-ror~ app~ax e ep an goo
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I~.i-was provided ~t3.th elegtricity ~
50X1 x~i ht o erations toa~C p3:ace
at ~,~? fi d Flares ~re~'e
used as take-~o az ~ e~ s ~ , green eras were ed during
take-off. ,i T-shaped. Mite figs-~ about !5 x 8 x ~.f~ r~ CPoint X11,
Enclosure (B~, served as a landing aid.
artillery park had green shquider boards.
here ~rere about I~ guus {~; or fiel artillery) located
in the area of an old. Germag barracks building, in the forest about
one kilometer southeast of the field. Tlae guns were?parked in one rang
with one truck in fxont of ~sach guh. The gun barrels were inclined.
at about a ~t~o angle, the ~-iec9s,. including. the barrels, mere covered
ierith gray tarpaulins. The ~.].itarg personnel ~~in the' area of this
The airfield was entirely- udder Soviet i~il,itary ad~gini.stration.
~ the wing insignia oa the officers' shoulder
-field xas used for pil?t training, because C
train~.ng aircraft stationed there.
e d b ate shoulder boards on their tunics.
boards,
there x~ere
the following buildings on the attached sketehg ~i-elosure (B
.Paint ~l ,H~'C}AS BUILUIHG. ;About 50 ~ 60 m long, 20 m 30 m wide and
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1Q m high excluding the oval-shaped roof. the 50X1
hangar vralls and roof R?re of aY~ee ~ metal cons roc ion. The
roof was painted black; the walls Rere gray. The hangar doors-
(number not recalled faced the as$halt-concrete apron.
i~2 H,~GAR, BIIILI3ING. Construction, shape and approximate dime~xsions
same as'hangar point ~'1., above. Between these two hangars,
there ire several"smaller buildings, presumably repair shops.
~3, ~~. and #5 ;A~xoxs. ~ee paragraph 2~
HANGa& BUI,t,DING, ,About 5C3 ~ long
30 m Heide and 10 m high,
excluding the oval shaped roof,
the hangar walls.
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and roof ,sere of sheet-metal constr
painted b3ack~ the ws].ls were gray..
of sheet metal the same height as t
concrete apron.
FIANGAR EEJILI3ING, Construction shap
same as of hangar point ~6, above.
hangars was about 200 m 3aQ m.
ELt14'~1AY~ ~?ee paragraph 2~
uction. The roof was
The hangar doors oars
he wa11s and facing the
e and approximate dimensions
The interval between the two
~9 CO$BL~5TONE ROAD, ~ee paragraph 1~
? i~7.0 BUII~ING, TYPO QR Tf~tEE STG~Y HIGH; approximately 20 x 15 m.
Ibis building eras of stone (yellow) construction, The northwest
.side was oval and covered almost entirely with glass, There were
lights (red anti ysllovr) on top of the building, There was also
a mast with a r d or green! light on top ar~d a wind sock attached. 50X1
to it. ~~the roc9f was fYat.
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A11. persorlxiel stationed at the .,.,
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X11 T~HAPID Ll~.NDING AID., ~aee paragraph !~~
X12 and #13 DA~.ACK BUZI-DINGSm three-stories highs of stone can
structiono 1+~out 3U m. long and 10 m oxide each, The gabled
ro?fs were i~i.le co~e~?fsd, The barracks were- occupied by Soviet
Air Force personnelm
INIiABITED T,0O{tT.ITYo Estimated number of buildings9 3Oe
Shclvsuress (A) Overlay of DresdenjKlotzsche airfield
(B~ Sketch of Dresden/Blotzsche Airfield
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sketch of
Dresden./Klotzsche
A~sf field
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