COTTBUS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006500260008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT From 17 to 26 Cetobor 1950
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units which were expected to arrive. Some houses, however., have been released
to the population in the interim
2. l3etraeen 17 and 20 October, the tavin-engine aircraft made practice flights
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From 26 to 28 twin ngine, lov _Wing monoplanes were seen on the southern e n96
of the field between 1 and 3'30 p~m- on 26 October. Ten of the aircraft Made
practice flights at altitudes of between 1,000 and 1,400 meters,, The sky was
overcast a- E-4 a heavy wind blew .from the cast. (1)
All. aircraft were log: wing monoplanes with two suspended in-line engines, three--
, double rudder assemblies, dihedral elevator assemblies,
bladed propellers
retractable tail wtheels, rods on their noses, and their fuselages projected
slightly beyond their tail assemblies a Two tyys were identified when the
planes flow at a low altitude!
a,, Type l two cockpits, plexiglass section under fuselage and extending beyond
wing root, smal3. windcrws on both sides of fuselage, small flat attachment
under fuselage, possibly hole for !:machine guxn; rear seat higher than front
seat so that man sitting in the rear had ,vision foxmard; no weapon. pointing
upward to the rear; blue propeller hub. (3)
b. Type 11: no attachment or bulge under fuselage; small tube;, possibly for
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a trailing aerial under the fuselage and pointing to the rear below, could
be easily mistaken for a machine gun; entire cockpit of plexiglass; all planes
had a machine gun in the cockpit Which pointed upward and to the rear; nose
slightly stubbier than that of type I plane- vtito propellor hub.
Guns of about 20 gym; were definitely seen in the noses of both types of air-
craft. It could not be determined whether tw: or four guns were in each plane.
The upper parts of the aircraft were painted grass green and the lower parts
blue. Both type planes had four large landing flaps and the same cross-section
of the fuselage.
6. Bight type I aircraft and two type II aircraft were used for flying. Only a
part of the new concrete runway was used for take-offs and landings. The take-
off-point was where the edge of the landing; field. had previously been. Five to
seven open passenger cars and trucks, a red fire truck, a blue radio truck with
a rod antenna of 4 meters, and about 90 men w..ero at the take-off point. The
The planes were entered
crews of the planes were changed after each landing.
from below. Between 1:15 and 1:30 P -m- the aircraft took ofd' individually
and at intervals of 1 to 3 minutes e Their engines were raced up before the take-
off. The aircraft made a large bank to the left while dli.mbing to an altitude
of about 1,000 meters., then headed to the north and vanished behind the clouds.
At 2;10 p.m. the aircraft returned from the south, flex: through the cloud base
over the field and landed them, tree airfield
was probably located by direction finding since all aircraft came down in the
ism ediate vicinity of the field. About 3 perm. a single-engine, high-wisp; mono-
plane took off and headed west at an altitude of about 150 meters a There was no
flying during. the night of 25 October. The obstacle lights were on until 9 p.r
7. Tl~n construction activity seemed to be slightl:? increased. About 110 laborers
wore grading the areas north and south of the extension of the runway. Construc-
tion material was stored on the southern edge of the field. There were no indi-
the new runway, o radar
cations that boundary lights would be installed along 47,
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(1) hp report can i.r.s the occupation of the field by trri.n-eng;ire aircraft,. The
type and number of aircraft indicate that there is one bomber regiment.,
(~-) The transportation of billeting and other equipmont from Dretiitz,
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the field before construction work started there, The reginent was ten oraril
transferred to the Drewitz airfield dttri nC' the construction work.
(3) For sketch of typo I aircraft see Annex. 25X1A
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since the improvement of the runway was not necessary for the aircraft stationed
there. From. the size of the runway and the fuel dumps it was inferred that
large bombers or jet aircraft were expected to arrive at the field. The planes
will probably not arrive before the spring of 1951 when the new grass cover will
have become firm.,
1 Annex: Aircraft Tyre Seen at Cottbus $,irf ield
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