GOMEL AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200260010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/26 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006200260,
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Ub.,h ('6hite Russian SSR)
SUBJECT Gomel Airfield
PLACE
25X1 A ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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SOURCE
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DATE DI$TR.
21 Nov. 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION .
1. The airfield was between 10. and 20 krn rest of Gomel (31?0TEf52?25?N)9
ylhite Russian SSR, no more than 200 meters from the Gomel-Brest
Litovsk (23?42?Ef52059N) railroad line. Hangars were on the northern
section of the fiela, which was elevated slightly. Small construction
details were grading the field. Three or four hangars with vaulted
roofs were: in the northeastern corner of the landing field. # Some
small woouen houses were between the f;Leld and the railroad line. No
runway was seen,
2.. About 20 twin-engine planes, details of which could not be observed,,
and 60 to 70 Jet fighters were parked in two or three rows, one behind
the other, in the western and northern sections of the fieldo The jet
planes h..d wings with a slight dihedral, noth-a1 rudder assembly, wheels
under wings and set wide apart, and a bulge, which was definitely Been,
under the 'fuselages
This is the first report on an airfield with hangars
along the Gomel-Rechnitsa railroad line. The field was possibly con.
structed after the war.
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