WARSAW-OKECIE AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900320006-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC 'ears rm-okesni
EVALUATION 25X1 PLACE OBTAINE
DATE OF CONTENT np 1 n1!f to J nt- 1.03
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le The 7.'arsawwOltecie (R 53/P 93) airfield was a military m1d commercial instal-
lation. All war damages at the field were repaired by Nay 19 j j8. Now build-
ings .were observed only in the area of the field reserved for civil aviation.
2. The field had an E- :,;T and a V-Z runway, each about l,800cfU meters. The con-
crete tax. r was 40 meters zride0
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Airfield installations included a hangar, a hangar for the repair of commercial
aircraft, a military motor vehicle repair shop, a military aircraft engine re-
pair shop, four wooden sheds for the storage of aircraft and motor vehicle
spare parts, a DF station with four masts, an auxiliary DF station, about lOxlO
meters trivia a mast 9 meters high and a building used for commercial aviation
purposes. ?*?
The military airfield personnel were quartered in Fort Okecie where a four-
story barracks, about 5Cc2O meters, and four wooden buildings wore available.
The airfield was occupied by:
a. Ten to 15 single-engine fighters with 12.-cylinder in line engines and
three bladed propellers. The fighters were of the same type as previously
observed at Cdyn7 a Dabiedol.y (Q 55/Y 115) airfield. A Polish pilot said that
they were Ye1c..9s.
b. About 12 tvdn-engine transports fitted with two 9-cylinder in-line engines;.
three-bladed metal propellers, single rudder assembly, landing gear
retracting rean7ard, small tall wheel. The plane was usually cal led
a Douglas. Both types wore marl:od with a red wrhi.te checker, the insignia
of the Polish :Air Force.
c0 About 16 to 20 Douglas typo commercial play es
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d. solve -twin. ongine aircraft fitted with air-cooled 12-cylinder in-
llne engines, double rudder assembly., full-view turret, landing; gear
retracting rea 4rar d t-fLth the wheels probably rotating by 9Q0 and
narrow w ngs. The pines were said to have a crow of tiro and ca wry
five or six Lassen ers. The plane r ,s a 3iebei 204 design according
to an -inscription on It. According to a Polish aviation r2a. a ine
Lotnik Polski, an 3nproved version of the Siebel 204 is being
built in zechos ova .:ia. All corm .ercial planes were marked with a
blue disk on silver b .ckgroLind Yritli a flying crane in '.t. Type--dosi.g-
nation letters ircre painted under the wings, -I.,e3P LM; or Sp ~'.1f1G
The tala3-?off of fighters ra only seen in connect-ion u it! flights of
the military transports which sacred to be reserved for Iai.gh-r,-inking
officio ls. The cor ercl. 1 aircraft took off and landed day aid nights
7. The ground radio stations mere; manned by Poll sla Air Force soldiors. The
Polish PA r Force pilots Tore blue uni orr~ of tGerrza~ similar to those ol -lie
Air i+orce, *w
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221? x''or layout of airfield see ;~nnmx.
Morr ation on this -1 airfield and its installations.
. 1 Annex: Lrout Sketch of :7arsarr. Qkecje . i.rfield.
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