STRAUSBERG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200520002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 29, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY Soviet, Zone of Germany
TOPIC Strausher-p- airfield
DATE OF CONT
DATE OBTAINED
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Thirty-six twin-engine aircraft were counted at the Strausberg
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(N 53/V 15) airfield
Descrirtiona Low-wing monoplane, double rudder assembly, landing
gear and tail wheel retractable, metal covered nose, inline en-
gine, There were two versions of the cockpit
a. Continuous cockpit roof with arti ament protruding rearward,
ba divided cabin without armament.
Both versions had an antenna rod at front section of cockpit roofo
Coat of paint on underside light blue, on upper side dark greeno
20 Flying with 14 planes, all with continuous cockpit roof began at
9 a.m.. The direction or take-offs was marked by white flagso A
radio truck, a fire truck, two tank trucks, an ambulance and two
trucks were standing at the take-off rointa The panes were refueled
from tank trucks at the to a-off point. The tank trucks hauled the fuel
from the guarded and especially fenced-in fuel dump on the western
edge of the field,Four planes continually made local flights. Eight
more planes emitting strong smoke plumes zoomed over the field to
an altitude of about 5,000 meters. Theh the planes proceeded in a
northern direction, remaining, however, within sight, At level
flight two very loud detonations were heard whereupon the planes
turned westward and returned in gliding flight for landing. The
approach flights for bomb releasing rare mo 'e individually, All
aircraft observed flying had no tactical sambols and their pro-
peller hubs were not painted. They had lattice-work, about 50xSOxl00
cm, on the udder side of the wings outside the engines, which were
taken for dive brakes. During the hying activity until 3 : 30 gem,
12 covered twin-engine planes of the described type were parked in
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letter of 16 O
ctober 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
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the northwestern section of the field and 10 1?..nes in front of
the hangar on the aortft rn ed o
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e or sot~.e ?:e6ks.uoitibin: vas practiced ovor a bombing
range,, fenccd-in by b :-rbed 13ire: in the Blumenthal la orest 9 about
16 itilot tors north of Str: uzsber;_;.
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occu;'Yeri by t-!--o it force officers
wear n; service caps -ith blue ribbons an,, -;olden corc3.s, drove
tov;ar:: the field.
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7c,erve equipped with 40 tv.?in_en::; .ne los:a-S:in -o77,oplanes with
Rincline engines was still stationed there. The presence of previously
seen officers anti-E11 indicated that the unit hnd not chan7ed.
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force depot on
proceeded tor:-rd the ?a.ir
U? It has. been conspicuous for some tii c that a tr^in -f a v.iryi.ng
number of freight c;'rs each r ith a ,rindow on both sides was standing
,~t the Strausberg railroad branch station. it
.gas a train for the shipnent of prisoners ana e e c a ce s
in each care yyindo,uless quarters for prisoner; prior to their ship.-
rent ?sere alle:;edly at the =airfield.
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d. The infort;iation that no .flyin,, h s been dorio for some vieei'.s
b
was confirmed by otter ob ervattons,
y The Blumenthaler Forst bon1An-7 r~?zn e vi-is r-rortel for tiic first
time.
NEW Ob71J~t e?
as The report a onf 1: th~.t the field is occupied by about 40 tvtin-
et-s. vine planes' kno ther sources. The aircraft b(-,,long to a corn--
ronent regitent of the 241st Bmr Div. tlccordin_; to the c-lescrirtion
in p-a.r_i 1, the planes are possibly Pe-3s (rietal nose).
bm The motor vehicle numbers mentioned in pnra 4 are assi':;ned to
component units of the III Pmr Corps.
c. The motor vehicle numbers mentioned in pnra 7 are tissigner'. to the
c7roun,3 attach units stat _oned in Doeberit7-o From this o1,sPrv.lion it
may be concluded that the -ir force depot in Strausberg also stlprlies
ground attac'r units.
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first t lt=;e
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