DESSAU AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004000070005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 22, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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a_.: one biplane and fifty-e~,~t fighters of the folloTvin~ type ?~vere
?csarked at the I~ES~4~'.~ (l:~I 5~/E 06) airfield:
:r~a4~a~t~+i.n~ manop'lane, .radial. ?n~ire, ~r~in~s e.r~d rudder s.ss?mb~.y
edged, landing gear retracted i;~f~ardp
2::, 'Where .?7a3 inte~~s~.ve flyin~;g. either stunt or formation flyi~~
:~.n ~,raups of up to thr?e p3.anes ~ The true B 7?-?8~~~85 and
h~ruck s of the ~3 7?-~S~~x~ series moved toTA~mrd the f ielc~
C onne nt
~'he report ec~nfirms that the field jf,+as occupied by fi~~htex~
~:~r?its c;q~.ipped tRJ1th I,1~?~~3s~ 1~GCOrdin~; to previous reports,
:~t a.s assumed txiat tiro :r"'i~hter r~s~.i.ffients pr?viousl.y stew
~a:,i oned? ix~ ~3R11i~TDIS are noon :i.n DESS~iUa The reported motor
vehicle nu>ber supparts this asswmptiono
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