FINOW AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006500240004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 2, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL rNTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Finow Airfield
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learned in early October 1950 that the construction work done at the Finow
(N 53/V 08) airfield was accepted on 25 November 1949 by Lieutenant Colonel
Karnakovski (fnu) and. Yajor iatus (fuu) of (1) The con- 25X1 B
struction costs amounted to 2,559300 eastmarks? A supplementary calaulation
of costs ...as approved by Colonel Torachkov (fnu). The a onstruction project
was executed by the Bauunion-Ost
24 Twenty-six jet fighters with swept-back wings, at least 16 two-seater single-
engine It wing monoplanea9 painted a light blue, one twir-songine transport
plan, painted dark-green, and with nine cabin windows,, and tw:, other dark-green
biplanes, were seen at Finow airfield from 1;15 to 1:140 p.m. on 2 October 1950.
(2) There was no f]y.ng a
3. Twenty-eight jet fighters with swept wings, at least 16 single-engine low-wing 25X1
monoplanes, one twin.-engine transport planes, and Pe b iplancs . , stand . t
the field from 2115 to 3 p.m. on 3 October 19500 5X1
25X1 I U) Forty-one o'f'ficers and 135 1 were soon at the fie" ds
There was intensive flying with sinl.1e-engine monoplanes n 25X1 B
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4, Con -tan laborers were erecting a wooden shed at the northeast edge of thr> fields,
about 100 meters from the Finowa Biesenthal (N 53/Z 97) road, The radio station
at the Finafur x (N 53/Z 98) estate was dismantled, but the estate was still
occupied 0 Two air force officers and 5 91 were seen there. The detached mast
about eight meters high, at the radio station east of the fields, was removed. (5)
The radio station previously observed in the woods between the waterfall and
Specl:thausen (N 53/V 08) was still there W The radar sot at the cantor: net
north of the Finow-Finow!urth railroad line was also observed at its previous
location. (6)
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Th- i.C parachutists jumped in rapid succession from a twin-engine aircraft.
pr,;,umGably a DC-3, over the Finow airfield at 4:30 pm- on 6 October 19.1500
T, jump was made Pram an altitude- of about 2 .,000 meters and the parachutes
op,, ,(-d. after a fall of about 50 maters. Two more groups of 2 and 5 men
ani an individual parachutist jumped after the aircraft had each flown one
?R (7)
6 x`_ ,rty-one ct playas with savept. back wings and a red cover on the air
e:- ;gust, 2'7 single-3ri;ine lent-wing monoplanes and five DC-3s -are counted
at ,,hr, Finaw airfield from 3 to 5 P.M. on 7 October 1950? (2) The iresterr
^ow,,/dary of the I` eLo 11 was formed by the road to r;iesenthal from kilometer
Y er 0 to about 1.6. An east-west runway, about 2 Ian long, begins
ab. tit l50 :n west o::' this road.
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1) 5)rest Italy is assigned to an eloment of the Hq ~'zaenty Fourtb rir
Army? ,
(2) Tr.e data on the accupation of the field confirm the presence of type ?- 1g-15
ff.-titers and conventional piston fighters. According to other infrrraation
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a:: aan.cog the faw fighter units which are apparently still equippers with
a sizeable number of conventional fighter aircraft
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