ARMAVIR AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900440004-9
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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2., The field was occupied by s ~r..gle=engine figb ars,
three to four tvrin~-engine aircraft, and biplcn.esQ
Firing at around targets ead parachute jumps were
practiced. (3)
3. v runs enpiaced at the field practiced firing at
sleeve targets towed by aircraft a Searchlights were
in operation at night a
4. The airfield y about I km southwest of ,rmavir 8 (2~
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The airfield `rest of Armavir (l'.I c 8v :x/45o 01* N)
Krasnodar Oblast : (2) had a rt. nray and four or
five hangars on its northern ec':.;e F,
This document is hereby regraded to
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had a large circular sodded landing field with an
about 1,5C0 meter concrete runway. (..ee ..nnex) t
rolled circular road. from 10 to 12 meters wide,
leads around the field .
5. lraost all hangars and forrier quarters (solidly
constructed two-story stone buildings) were des-
troyed.
6. There were the following buildings and instal-
lations
a. A repair hangar north of the field with which
it was connected by a temporary road
b. ;6 two-story quartering building, slightly
damaged
Q. I reconstructed administration building
d. ... flight control station
e. weather and radio station with _a DF
installation
f.. ;;arthbunker s r-A th aircraft an munit ion
6. _, fuel dump with drums.
7. Nearly all the soldiers stationed at the field
were quartered in town.
The Liold was very heavily occupied. The following
aircraft were seen:
a. ;bout 200 ground attack aircraft: In-line
engine, three-bladed propeller, ellipsoidal wings,
landink; gear retracting outward, fuselage and
engine with 11-nim armor plating.
b. Twenty-five to thirty twin-engine aircraft,
allegedly of U$ make: In-line engines, nose i,%heel
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retracting rearward, mid-wing monoplane, landing
gear retracting outward, section of fuselage
forward of wings longer than that aft of wings,
far projecting cockpit. (4)
a. Fifteen to twenty tvrin-engine aircraft with
in-line engines,, similar to the He-111. (4)
9. There was very heavy flying in all weather.
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Comment; This is the first postwar
report
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number of
aircraft seems
to be overratedq
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apparently boasted when reporting on his bring
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do%,m ti,'.o ground attack aircraft during the war.
This is hardly true since aerial gunners on twin-
engine fighters were trained aircrft radio opera-
tors. alircraft mechanics were only employed with
bomber units.
on rent: The aircraft types mentioned in
sn 3o cannot be determined from the in-
sutf icient descriTTtion. It is, however, considered
possible that they are Boston-Ills and IL-4s
assigned to a bomber regiment.
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