SOVIET TROOPS IN BULGARIA AND RUMANIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 23, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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'ussian Air Forces in Bulgaria and Rumania
Air Corps Hea lartersa
Fighter Division HeaNgz_
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
Fighter Regiment
Fighter Regiment
Fighter Regiment
ve Bombers Division Headquarters:
Fighter Regiment
Fighter Regiment
Fighter Regiment
Light Bombers Division Headquarters:
Bomber Regiment
Bomber Regiment
Bomber Regiment;
Unattached Regiment
2. Russian Air Force
Plovdiv
Pleven
Karlovo
Graf Ignatlyef
Stara Zagora
Plovdiv
Marino Pole
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In Bucharest the Pipera airfield has some 20 twoaengined Boston
Bombers. It is probable that there are some Russian planes as
well in the hangers. There are some Russian fighters in Otoperic
(probably Otopeni) airfield. The Dutesti Droplea airfield is
under Russian occupation. The Baxtease. airfield is being used for
civilian purposes, and there are some civil Russian planes here,
?~9 A fighter school is situated at Craiova Ytnere there are some 30-b4O
Yak-3 training planes.
In Braso-T the Russians have a repair shop for their airplanes, the
make and type of vthia h has not been fully ascertained.
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d. There. are no Russian planes in the airfields at Sibiu and Cluj.
o. Oradea has a very large airfield which has some 400 aircraft. The
fighters are Yak-7 and the bombers are of Stormovik model,
f. There are some 300 planes of Yak-7 and Stornovik type at the -rad
airfield.
g. There are no Russian planes at Timisoara, but the Russians are
enlarging the airfield.
h. At Mamaia, there are some 30-40 Boston Bombers and a Russian fighter
squadron which is kept ready to take off five minutes after the
sounding of alarm.
J. Some Boston Bombers were seen at the airfield of Calarasi and at
the Buzau airfield.
3. A Russian air unit. under the command of a colonel is stationed at
Tecuci with some 200 aviation officers. Planes of the unit include
87 Boston Bombers, one 63-:?rench, of Russian make and three Udva
single-engined training biplanes. Every bomber has some 12-14 bombs
each weighing some 150-200 hilograns.
k. At Varna, the tussiaris have a ?i;;hter Squadron which is apt ready to
take off 15 minutes after the sounding of alarm.
Russian air units are feverishly busy in training, but in spite of that,
they seem to be ignorant of scientific methods of flight. For example
they are not very adept in blind-flying and night flights which they attempt
only in case the field is well illuminated. They cannot make a landing
controlled and directed by a radio apparatus.
4. Russian Land Forces in Bularia
Tenth Moto-mechanized ArHeadquarters:
V ikoto-mechanized Comer s Headquarters:
20th Moor ze arTs iv3 isi
One Motorized Division
One Motorized Division
One Armored Division
VI Moto-mechanized Corps fieadquarterss
I.oorze INK Sion
62nd Motorized Division
23rd Motorized Division
One Motorized Division
IV Moto mechanized Corps Headquarters:
15th Motorized Division
14th Motorized Division
36th Armored Division
Marine Brigade Headquarters:
new. rz.ne Regiment
One Marine Regiment
One NKVD Regiment
One TlKVD Regiment
One MKVD Regiment
Sofia
Sofia
Sofia
Oorna Banya-Vladya-Konajevo area
Simitli-Petric area
Vakarel-Ihtiman area
Sliven
Plovdiv
Novo Zagora
Sliven
S liven
Karnobat
Burgas-Aydos area,
arnobat
Yarwol.
Yambol
Varna
Varna
Burgas
Sofia
Plovdiv
Burgas
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_ It has been learned that a lurte number of
.us an mootorizod troops have come to Bulgaria by train and
on foot in. the r iddlo of July. It is not 'known whether the
new arrivals are totally new and orZanic units in themselves,
or whether they are simply bringii; arms and equipment moant
to replace the worn out equipr.ient of the forces already
present in Bulgaria.)
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