AIRCRAFT ENGINE REPAIR PLANT AT GATCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007000740008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION Coy r IDE ~TL 1
CENTRAL E-7 I
HHfIFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Leningrad Oblast)
25X1 SUBJECT Aircraft Engine Repa .r Plant
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,. the ireraf''; engine repair P1 ant was in the southcrestern part of Gatchina
K~'w.;il ~o~, ax3eisk) (30oC'" e /~9?3t~?T.) ~ Leningrad Oblast. The -test stand of the t
plenC :was at the sou h,r-reste' 1 corner of the railroad station. Co-?P,7s and. Soviet
crow': ors r:al ed. this p1.-s:t an aircraft engine plaxlt,, Civilians and air force
soldiers nerd eriployeo.r.
20 Betc;oon la..: and 50 mo-erhn ;led. engines wcexre shipped from the test stand every
*ee `' ey were racked in boxes l20x7Cx5O cm0 4
Y: for c .at= The cc-rlposition of the plartss work force would seem to indicate
~.._ Force engine plant" i?-?.y a Soviet i"Ii$` s repair plaY7t, To t;ofi?-
cl.usionc a=.1 La dra,,n fro; the size of the shipping crates. These boxes would
Ue rciac~Y~_te i'Y ctor .,ohi cle engines n biat it is assumed that the r"eas~.r?nents
are i !xCC)'? re t '.?-tend that actually aircraft engines were repaired at the plant, L T l-
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?io. eao: ?, o'1: 11 OX' i_~z os ~~. ion dating up to lleeerer 1047 iientianed an aircraft
E3Y1ci to rep. l r lint ? n. atC;hin Ly saying that three shifts were worked and the
nois ol t ,;i'. 3 caTtT?cra {i was. 1:ecY'd day and I11 '~IC~o
is 3st re:xcr?t on the Catchin.:. (Kra.snogv'ardeist:) airX_-eJ.:; much was oeca,_e y
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