NEURUPPIN AIRFIELD

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R007900290004-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date: 
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
October 5, 2000
Sequence Number: 
4
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Publication Date: 
May 21, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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CLASSIFICATION .. ,~' ,,~ . 7~a J.i' T vrr"y (Soviet Gone) 00 'U t pi Neuruppin i4 rfield, 4 C_ 25X1A EVALUA'1ION DATE OF CONTE DATE OBTAINED , REFERENCES PAGES... REMARKS SOURCE 25X1X 0,04? 4 L. Aircraft seen at the Neuruppin airfield between 16 and 27 April 1951., included three two-seater single-engine fighters, nine two-seater jet fighters with swept-.back wings, 14 biplanes, and 32 single-seater jet; fighters with swept-back wings, The two-seater jet fighters seemed slightly lamer and their engines were noisier than the single-sea}?e:- jet planes. he black numbers 112, 117, and 190 were seen on three two-seater jet aircraft. 2" On 20 April, flying activity was intensified: There was an alert dri"':1 at 5 a.m. Thirty-five minutes later, 24 planes took off in three sopsra~e formations of eight planes eaoh. The aircraft landed after 45 minute; of flying. The same procedure was repeated at 8:20 a.m. The formation headed southwest. Two--seater jet aircraft also participated in the drill. '':a the morning of 20 April, two jet planes collided in the air. At 6 p.m, o:a 26 April, the alert was called off. The %ittatoek Allee was blocked whenever night flights were made. 3; Laborers employed at the field said that the personnel strength was increased by about 100 ground troops, Senior lieutenant Laudin, (fnu), was the technical officer of the field. Four tanks each with a capacity of. 50,000 liters -Wgre seen for the first time at the fuel dump. The containers had come from. rerneuchen. ** Grading work was still being done as far as 600 meters north of the runway. 25X1A 25X1A** 25X1A 1 and 50 were painted on the nose of the planes A two-seater v?rsion of the 2:UG-l5 has not been identiPied. This plane is possibly of another type, Gomment. One fis,hter regiment equipred with tfiG-15s is belie ad to be stationed at the Neuruppin airfield. Red numbers ranging betwa3n ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) Comment. According to a rough estimate, the fuel dump had a capacity - cubic meters. > With the arrival of 25X1A of about 376 the four containers the total capsoity was increased to about 550 or 600 cubic metersw Comment. This information supplements a previous re-.port- See 25X1A CLASSIF1CATI0N T/Cc ~t COl?l!~Dy1TI~ ; Approved For Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R007900290004-4