TARGSOR MILITARY AIR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000100790010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 23, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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;cordi.r~aa so: 44~9 s 28?s~3 ~ls' , . lc tors aoa tbwest
of Ploosti, 'rargsor field is borderad on th's Southwest by the double t,rr e
it drerd European Veip railroad ltr i.eadinZ fron C sina Isa Ploesti to S3ucha.
:east. Or.t tPa.e northeast the field is bounded bit s;' barked-ajre fend,43 n4 the
is ional hig= y rwinin. roughly parailel to the railroad. The field is abouta
.,00C rsse ers long an its northwest-southeast axis aad 1,000 s eters de,, it'baa
o ior's ;e r mw'a 800 >ters long s.'td 80 ror wide running in a nbrt,h,vqe ut:he+asy direction, (ce concrete renvay 20E) rrstera long and 80 teru wide
f;owards he northw-st e::rtende from the widdl of, the Win ooncrote rtlnt'ay?.
,he rem %' in surface of the field is of Fei cec+ asd and gravel said is eofty
the sa4t4oast corner, as Soviet sentry box controls the field entr?a oe. The
field hay two wind "T"'e"', one Of which is zsohilo. The 1a bile r.?a' is located
at the eyad of the concret a runway in the aouthea , corner of the field. Two
Mcretl: f lies on the roo:7 of' the extrert aoie;I e t h& ar constitute the only
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Ie* wa xtum a ceGcity is 400 fighter n]ineaa?
;rt1j -f~f tow the 1944 ,Aqr? stics, the field w&B o oooied by the 2nd R thuu
?'irr er 1~e t, which consisted of three f it a ,- up, , each wit liter
_squadronc oon sed of IAN -80 'a and -109.4' ;n. Since June 1946 only ens squad.-
rou of. & IAR-80's belonging originally to thy s fleet. has remained a the
field. T: e t fority of the fleet was romo'd to an un? ao 1 destination:. ~Al
the "ovir-t A ,rforoe occupied the field in Juno 1946, a. M-8 fighter group o f
approximar telG.> 150 airor&,ft was brought to Terg-or. Theis wore still there an.
dS dervteaibere They were observed on the northeast side of uhc,! field. All air-
oraft boas the 17th Air Army insigne ( a fly nq_' Figs under the Soviet atar }
on the tri.i and a pigeon insigne on the f azela`e . At the o time, about
70 to in-r.ngine bombers were located on the f`ie+.d; these had no insi other
than the red star. Two JU-82 tr+an.sq erts were aJ.so observed. Air ';civiity was
slight.
5. Aircraft
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~.'ho b .let pacity is about 1,500 men in 18 barrack4. The barra&rs are of
wooden as+ n,struactiaa with concrete foundation,. Approximately 160
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5, Field Str*n h
:bout 1,o00 soviet officers and enlisted mean arc ata:ioned at Targoor. Of
*thin number, 200 are aivfi?ld maintenance troops,
5. FMS
1;here are '? GLLr steel MAWS all of which are the same, size. They ere 10 maters
high and about 70 meters wide with sliding doors opening 35 meters.
7. Rea eiir? Shy
`he repair shop has two testing sites, does third echelon repair work, and i n-
e:talle ns - engines in aircraft. Precision instruments and armamont are sent
for repair to the ASs9td subsidiary workshop at the Jassy airfield.
1"iex%e ir_*-701 vehicles of all types, including five tank trucks,
9. POL Dump
td at the southwest and of the field, the dump holds 2,000 x 100-gallon
dr oft soling (octane type unkn wn). Oil in 50-gallon drums was stored in
sovearai seluaree of 20 x 20 drumse
10. kamunition hunker
Situated tnproxir,tely 200 meters east- of the railroad line and 250 meters
south of the southern corner of the field, the bunker is completely ouflaged.
It allegedly extends two motors below the surface and contains incendiary bombs
sud machine gun airsnanitioma
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