GROSSENHAIN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006600570013-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S
CENTRAL I'TELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Groseenhain Airfield
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1. On 11 October 1950 many individual flights were made at the
Grossenhain (N 52/A 01) airfield by jet fighters with swept-
back wings, .rudder assemblies slanting to the rear and nose
wheels. A single-engine, lot- wing monoplane with radial engine
and retractable: landing gear also made individual flights.
2. rig~iteen jet fighters with navigation lights (Lade individual
local flights between 8 P.m. and midnight on 11 Uctobere (1) The
lighting facilities at the field included: two rod rings fitted
at altitudes of about 50 and 90 haters on a smokestack, 96 meters
high, which was part of the paper mill on the southern edge of the
field; a red light on both a southern and a northern hangar; a red
light on top of 5pittelberg north of the field; two red lights
south of the southeastern end of the 10- runway; a searchlight
mounted on a truck on the northern side of the Ml-SE runway about
in line with the second red light; two green lights, one set next
to a. truck,, on both sides of the runway farther toward the northwest,
at the point where the aircraft touch the ground on landings;
additional lights, green ones, to the south and white ones to the
north, arranged along the runway farther to the nortI western and,
and one searchlight at the northwestern end of the runway. (2)
Take-offs and landings ware made individually. About three-fourths
of the runway length was used at takemoff s. The turbine was running
for about I minute before the plane took r. f wring the take-offs
the runway a-Fas not illuminated by searchlights. The searchlight at
the northwestern and of the runway rotated during the flying or tried
to get the aircraft into its beam which were flying at an altitude
of about 39000 meters. --,'hen a plane approached the field to land
there the searchlight bearded its light at an angle of about 35 degrees
in the landing direction. At the same time the searchlight southeast
of the runway was switched on and illuminated the runway.
On 13 3ctobor9 it was learned that i.iajor Stein (fnu) . was the commander
of the field. stein,-.a previously town commander of Grossenhain. Captain
Gosh (phonetic spel.lin g) (fnu) was administrative officer at the
field. Ile wore red-bordore silver epaulets. (3)
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CENTRAL 4MILLIG NCE AGENOY
'NFIDENTIAL
There was intensive night flying Zvi th jet aircraft at the field
on 18 and 19 October. (1) Poundary lights, about 40 to 50 rotors
apart, were aeon in the southeastern corner of the 1large; ru?way
and in its extension. The lights were blue in the daytime and red
at night, (2) A radio station was set up about 1400 meters southeast,
and in the extension of the 1l;11 `; , rurr