AIRCRAFT TARGET RANGES AT SCHWEINRICH AND [R]OTSCHERLINDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400510008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONT
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ENCLOSURES (.NO. & V(PE)
1, e c a.stc shore o;-.' the ,ran.ser (I` 54/v' 22) lake -as observed
on 2 'ebz~ za.r 1951, but no improvised a1 rfic:1d -as seen. There
."as, ho-ow ,r, cn aircraft target range in the hilly area -?*!-ioh
was not s ::iteble for an airfield., `t'hree aircraft du ies, ore
tan'-, duney, end eight practice tar_.ets, o ip1nced at irregaalar
intervals, were seen on the range. The targets "T3hich lay flat on-
the ,.,round 1-sere 1x11.5 meters , painted -bite, -1 th a black circle ,
,about 60 cs in -diameter, in the center. 1'raetice firin. from
aircraft at these targets was observed. *
2 Four vet Ci(,-,,hters with s-"ept wings practiced firing at ground
targets on the 'otsoherlinde (' 53/ 32) former improvised air-
field on. 7 Fet_ruary 1951, between 10 a.m. and noon. The "3eather
was clear and a moderate wind blew from the vast . The aircraft
anproaeh.e+l the field in succession at an altitude of about E300
meters. `-hile divine each plane fired one shot .ATith a cannon axx
then climbed again. This was respeated several .times. ..'111 roads
leading to otsoherlinde were blocked by sentries in front of the
airfield. **
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4 '7ommet. or location sketch of target range, see .sr.nex.
me presence of a target rarer was P rev-' ~.asly rerorted, but its
pinpoint location and the tar-ets are described for the first
25X1X time. `o other the existence of an airfield
near )chtaeinrioh,
.om cent. Previous retorts indicated that the air to ground
25X1A fir ng po_acc oe was mainly conducted by the fighter regiment
stationed in randenbaa r -T-riest. ""reeked aircraft are used as
targets. the otscherlinde airfield is rot occnnied by an air
unit.
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