KOETHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007700200001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. On 26 i.-arch 1951, between 11 a.ri and 1 p.m.,,, one biplane and 42 single-
engi.ne ground attack aircraft were parked in front of the hangars at
Koethen (' 52/1) 95) airfield. The twin-engine planes with nose wheels
which were previously observed at the field were not longer seen. The
ground attack aircraft were low-wing monoplanes with in-line engines,
three-bladed propellers, tapering wings with rounded wing tips and two-
seater cockpit with a machine gun pointing to the rear, No sheet metal
cover was seen on the lar_ ding gear. The planes were painted gray 25X1
2. There was no flying. The weather was hazy. Some of the hangars were
open but their interior could not be seen,, About 30 bombs were piled
up near the bomb dump on the southern edge of the field although many empty
bomb cases were scattered about. A railroad tank car was seen on the spur
track.
Comrient. The description indicates that the planes were IL-2s and 25X1
not IL-1 s. One ground attack regiment and elements of an air reconnaissance
re i ont are believed to be stationed in Koetheno The aircraft of the air
reconnaissance regiment, which were mainly seen in joint rianeuvers with
artillery units, are probably IL-2s or IL-10s.
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