ALT LOENNEWITZ AIRFIELD

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R007100360009-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date: 
November 16, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 4, 2000
Sequence Number: 
9
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Publication Date: 
February 13, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2000/05/18 : CIQ1R@M-1 0360009-9 25X1A COUNTRY " `' 1 CLASSWICATION ~iAV~;~~: ^ono " t REPORT NO I TOPIv~ alt senner'i.z R3rfield AMA DATE OBTAINED REFERENCES. PAGES..._ I..~_w.~....ENCLOSURES (MO. 84 T'PE) REMARKS 1, T::tweon 7 and 10:30 a.m. on 23 January 12, 1, the. ,t boonnewaitz it 52/i 8L) airfield was observed from its -southern and eastern ed oo. The visibility was aaproximatcly 1.,500 meters but decreased to 230 meters later, Bight jet aircraft with swept back wings were parked on the eastern end of the runway. T'2ey had antennae, sloping to the rear, fitted behind their coc.eoits which were covered with 25X1A tarpaulins. The 2. Five single- engine, lowWing rraDnoplanee with radial en; izi os and tao- seater cockyaits were ~~sarkcd on the runway. Aircraft en roes were being warmed up between 7:20 and 3 a..,-,i. Th, runway lights were not switched on. .hita ground si3nals wore soon in the riddle of the 3a ndin a field at 8 a.m, Shortly afterwards, a_:~proaeirr tc~ly 100 non were heard sinking. i~srly in the morning, approximately 63 Gaon and six to ci _;ht tank trucks and rad io trucks were soon near the sin