LAERZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005500260016-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: July 18, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY ~'ovict ,;;Ono Of Germany 25X1 REPORT NO. 25X1
TOP"C ._-. ,aerz -~irf field
EVALUATION__[] 25X1 PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT-- 12'uly 1950
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1. Vivo closed boxes, and the following planes were seen at
the Laerz (j--+ 54 TJ 33) air ield; 47 jet planes v.rith swept-
back wings, on their fuselages and red
national eniblera with t.hite-red rims; 21 one-seater, low-
winfg nonoplanea with radial en;;ine and red propeller hubs;
15 single-engine two-seater low-wing monoplanes w-, .th in-line
engine, white propeller hubs and yellow national eribler;
5 biplanes; 4 low-wing monoplanes without engines; and
1 single-engine two-seater low-wing monoplanes with an in-
line engine and dark green propeller hub. The latter was
only partially unpacked,
20 Captain Ivanovo, (fnu) mess o''ficer, and Lieutenant Balishev,
(fnu), of the administrative company were identified,
25X1 Covent. The presence of two-seater planes with one
n-- one e7 Is reported for the first tinge. The planes
can only be IL-2 or Th-1C ground attack aircraft. The report
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.
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does not definitely indicate t;hether the planes arrived
in boxes at the Laerz airfield but fro,-,-, the information
that one plane was partially unpacked it is possible, If
this assumption is confirmed it rwast be concluded that the
around attack unit arrived frorr. ou.tsido of the ;ovict
one of 'ermany. No reports have been received indicating
that a ;round attack unit previousl r stationed in the
;soviet one of Lcrmany was transferred to Laerzk In addi-
tion to this possible around attack unit, two fighter regi-
nonts equipped with IA-9s and type 14, Jet planes, are still
stationed at the field. Ale planes of both types counted at
the .field do not represent the total atrength of the two
fighter regiments o a,ccordinG to previous reports the two
regiments are equipped with at least 5;3 jet planes and an
unknovan number of 1A-9s.
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