SOVIET PILOT SCHOOL AT MATYASFOLD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000400420002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 19, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT so y let. Pilot School
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ORIGIN
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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DIBS`. 19 March 1947
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1,ora Alpro?i match i.:.` i_, aNNY2 of :Budapest, fur t off the Bud .pest-Cz mar railway line,
Air Field, Ap',roxi:iately ?O0 meters square. It 1s surfaced with sand and gravel and
partially overgrown, No concrete runways were discernible. The field is surrounded by
barbed wire and &,, guardheu,.-e is located close to the ent ?anee,
Night Illumination System: The only lights are warning lights installed on the former
Hungarian au~o L;:iva, facto:: SW of wield and'. nearby buildings of air field install: tions?
It 1ftts reported that cE i:asionaliy the fv.eld is lighted by flares if necessary,
t AL~craft: AQou'~ 15 YAK-1)'- to the field made a. routine one-hour training flight
in : ort &tion, About 30 -TA-71a wore parked in formation along the Nta side of the field
c1.'~ 3e to the sac, ? Y.earr;:u:~t hangar. ilz German@but1 t r--1l18 e were -parked near the SE
r. It r rted that about 70 plan. ,> are nom ally stationed at the field,
oe which ap--)roximately hal::' are Soviet rail-'tl,aig planes without D/F or radio equipment?
since they gore not visiblci iiub-source c sumo, they may have been parked in the hangars,
It was also said t 9t ',ro icts hold frequent target practice at planes S of
t e field.
5, o ptyall ne _towe?r; Located at E corner of the air field. One fixed wind "T" S of
operatione tower?
6, &krack : The barracks near the entrance are used by the Soviets for classroom, and
mesas the other barracks s3rve as billets. Both barracks are two-story buildings.
?, Per'., Soviet offier,a live it the village of ia.tyasfc do
About, 200 Soviet personnelvere stationed at the field, as of 8 Nove'nber.?1946.
34 Pao or Yool: Locaated at N: side of the field; holds about 15 vehicles of which 3 are
U,S. -ton jeeps, and 2 ar-. U.S. *-ton, trucks, The remainder are CENT vehicles.
98 Ban, ra: There are three, each about 25 m lo:ig, 15 m wide and 12 m higt. Each hangor
has a mall workshop, permitting normal maintenance operations but no major repair work.
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