PARNU AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004700330007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION Si CTti /C0Iv'i'ROL US OFFICIALS
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REORT
COUNTRY USSR (Estonian SSR)
SUBJECT Parnu Airfield
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1., The airfield was north of a small railroad station which was
about 1 kn northwest of the town border of Parnu (214029?E/
58023v1\0 (sae Annex) ,
2. The field was divided into a large west section and a small
east section by 6 single=track railroad line leading from
Parnu to Lavrasaaar?e (24020'E/58046'N). The surrounding
terrain was level. An alley ran along the western edge of
the field. and a it7.Jrshy trraadal.edafro~ti out
the
bordered the north,. A macadamized
airfield
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4r;.. There were no hangars but 12 teats for 2 aircraft each were
on the western eidL Of the field ,tiost of the railroad
line a on the southern edge of the f e Id there were 8 to 10
field bunkers,, including the so-called headquarters bunker
and the switchboard bunker. The renaiining bunkers were
billets for soldiers. 'f',h4enty villa-like buildings, occupied
by air force officers, were along the alley or. the western
edge A workshop tent was at the northwest corner of the
field The aircraft were refueled from an underground fuel
f
The lending field n about 2 x 3 km was being drained by Ft,s;
a runways about 2 km lang was under construction; a 150-cm
excavation was given a layer of rubble, a second layer of
broken stones and and gravel, and a top asphalt layer of unknown
thickness
6, There were four mobile radio stations and a mobile DF station.,
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dump in fate western section and
Bombers - of German crake were parked along the railroad line
on the northern edge of the fi.-Al.d.
Eight heavy AA guns were emplaced northeast of the railroad
stationfl four searchlights on the western edge and one search-
light on the southeastern edge of the field The searchlights
were in operation for night flying,,
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8c The field vans ocoupied by:
a c About 25 bi. ;Iane s
b0 About 10 s1n;;le-engine figbters
c Four to five Ju-17,2 s of Gerrr,an make,
Comnint
a. The i.nl"orrr;ation on the location and stage of con-
struction of the airfield agrees with o revious reports,,
b0 The occu:rati(a reported for early 1947 is con-
sidered credible fi in view of the still incomplete
enlargement of tt.a field., According to previous obser-
vations, the occu,4tion v)its relieved by a bomber and a
fighter unit in tle s.uxnrer of 1947,
c? It i:a assumed that the airfield., after tq i..ne
expanded and pro-,Tided with a lonC runway, vas serviceable
as a training; fi(,ld and horne base for novel aircraft
tyi;es~
1 Annex: Air f'.eld of Parnu.
Thu document is hereby regraded to
COHRM N.,AL in Cc ober accordance
War of 1 1978 from the
Letter o
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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