COTTBUS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000240011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: May 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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The field Zvi-:5 still occupied by tt'rin-engine aircraft,
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Ptaszen r car _07--05 and motor vehicles E 5-32-53 and i3-07-30 left
the airfield.
a. Two regiments of the 301st I3mr Div have previously been assumed to be
stationed at the Cottbus airfi' ld. tccordi-ru, t.0 crze nurnoer os p.Lanes
recently nuticed at the field only one regiment seems to be st itione ,
there-, Twenty-seven ~irt"?~?tft are counted on the photographs taken at
tht~ field. More planes possibly are in the hangars.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 10-78 from ,e
Director of Central tnteff;genoo go
Archivist of the United Stag,
Next Review Date: 2008
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The p i n s flew in flights ks:ccj or in elements of two in a cioixdless skyo
It was not- 'ed that the ?l'i T'CT_` ,7't had apertures, presumably f. or
weapons, on the ri: ht. and left sides of the engines and that
the s rigle-cockpit p:Lanes which praticed firing at sleeve targets had
a machine gun firin7 to the roar, i- small set with a rod antenna
pr-siaxn-ibly for voice-radio communication, was at t ~. takc-.off point.
Four p,hoto?riwhs were taken of the tv,,i.n-engine aircraft taking off
an in (see annex 1), The wings were ,s,;iS~ted .gray-green and
the engine cowlings light blue
2 Construction ,-nor'. at t".e airfield vas speeded un in aanparison with Are-
vI3Us obs,"vations Lar??? e quantities of gravel and sand had arrived
by rail. '" orkers sai `?. that the VW run14J.,?.fy was tc be ex o.nded by about
300 i t-t rs dry that the adjacent area north of he -tirfic.l.'? Yeas to
be graded as far as the 1rxoods.. The cons ?truzction site and hangars rare
photographed (see "Mnex 2)
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b. The photogriphs tal=on of the t 1,i.n-en;inc. -. Ircraft definitely
show that the pln: nos io not h-nvc r;3o~.i- l?~zss noso. Tho r:1 n.es
therefore are -,.sst:.rn.ed to e PL-3s. It is not !known whether these
planes were employed in III Bmr .;errs as bombers or ton !-
r=in4r fi ht. rs.
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1, Four T hotogr-aphs Taken of Aircraft Seen over
the Cottbus Airfield.
2. Photogr.iphs of Constructi n site P_:_-.d Hangars
at the Cottbus "Al,fic1d.
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