AIRFIELDS IN THE BERLIN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000260010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 27, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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25X1X6 In early September.,, K_brigst sterhausen airfie: d was being dismantled
by a technical brigade. PO 97175,. This unit +:ompri:aes a former
Soviet tack repair, commany, a former Soviet b~ idge construction
company, and approxlriat:z' r 250 German mechanics, welders, and fitters.,
The Germans are said to be those remaining of a grew:-number of such
workers arrested in the Niederlausitz region airing June and July aria
assigned to renai_r work can 'German tanks n Mos'. of these Bien were
released in August e):ceD ; for those assigned to the technical brigade
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L`iveiy air activity by Soviet bombers was observed between 0845 and
120() hours on 23 Js.aE?r During this time a nu bez of bombs were
dropped in the Kummersdorf artillery range arEa. The bombs appeared
to be of 500 kg type and were dropped in series of four, eie-ht F and
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At 1700 hours on 23 there was no air activity rot Rangsdorf.
There were thirty-: o? r LA-.5's on the field. the planned dispersal
landing field east of' the new Rangsdorf sett l . ir,ent h.-,s not been
built... -
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a.., Size of Sch{ nefFoJ i a:.r?f ield : 1,500 metera? north to .south; 1,000
meters east to west;,. it is Located twelve ki? ome ie :2 : southeast of
T- mpelhof and five ki l3moters south ( Adler s .af . AY L activity has
be an transferred from Adlershof to Scht_ne~_feld ;?.rd the former field
has been dismantled for the most part, although it Is still being
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reached through Diepensee, where there is a Soviet control saint.
A sign at this entrance reads, "Aeroport Berlin". Signs routed
along the footpath between Diepensee and V1altersdorf read, "Tres-
passing forbidden under penalty of law and 500 marks fine. Soviet.
Army Unit No. 65061." (See attached map)
c. The field is grass covered, the ground is ;.ard. The concrete
runway, running southwest to northeast, is si;,_.y meters wide and
approximately 800 meters long. Apparently the runway is being extended
by 100 to.150 meters as part of the improvements being made in the
northwest area of the field.
d. The field contains a control tower, two hangars, a small building
with direction finding equipment, and a radio station with two masts,
each approximately thirty meters hig't.,
e. The Siemens-Bauunion is reconstructing vaitous buildings. Final
dismantling operations on the Henschol plant are controlled by the
"Sonderbaubtiro IV fUr Bauten der sowjetischen Besatzungsarmee bei der
Stadtverwaltung Potsdam".
fo The field appears to be used at the moment only for transportation
and mail services. Five PS-84 aircraft observed on 26 July bore
camouflage paint minus the usual Soviet star; left side of fuselages
and upper left side of wings were marked CCCP' right side of fuselages
and wings were marked J1 40760
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the not ense of the Uni`;ed States within
the meaning of onage Ac.~y 509 U.S.C. 31
and 32 as amended o I I ; si on or the
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