STENDAL-BORSTEL AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000510006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION C: OI 'ROL - U.S. OFF'ICIAW ONLY 5
CENTRAL IN LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. ook
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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COUNTRY
Germany (Soviet Zone)
DATE DISTR.
8 Zuna 1950
SUBJECT
Stendal-Borstel Airfield
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Lot:-,! residents said t;b' t the 5tendal-'J3orstol 53/
y 75) airfield was in occupied by si:i,ie-en_ ine
aircraft on and that the unit had
cor.tc from Cottbus (IN 52: A57)
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i,;ht ,inLle-engine aircraft flew in for'nitation over
at nual on r:nd landed at the airfield..
Description; iri,-line en ine, low wing monoplane, wirL
tipps and elevator considerably rounded, a,,barrel in
each wing, protrudinj; about 5C cm beyond leading edge.
Large-scale excavation viork, the purpose of which could
not be determined, was L.e ine done on the southern edge
of the landin- field. .!'our masts arranged In a square
and interconnected by wires, two closed trucks and a 10
to 12-meter antenna mast with corona-type antenna on top
were on the western edge of the field. No aircraft were
soc.u on the landing field, the planes presumably being
p-;rkad in the hangars
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Rev'ew Date: 2008
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aircraft description in 1D ;ra 2 it J- assumed tha
Trucks the driver; wea.rin blue
epaulets' wera toward t' e Weld.,
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a,. the tend::l :ill i i ,ld. h^.s not becn occupi...d byY an :^. Zr
unit. Lror,a the observed motor v-;hLcle nu.:ibcrs nd the
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This report has not been confirmed by other sources
It is considered possible tb.p.t the :oethen ground at-
tack regiment was transferred to ;atendal because of
the construction work at the Loethen airfield
b. The statement of a local resident that the unit
came from Cottbus is probably wrong since Cottbus has
so far been occupied by twin-enp ins aircraft o
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