ALTENBURG AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100200005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 21, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Topic. A.1.tc Itcnburg Airfield
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EVALUATION LJ-m._u._ ....._-..,., -Pi..,A .!
DATE' OF CONTENT 15 April to 6 T;Tay 1951
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REFERENCES]
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PACE , ,... ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) sketch on ditty
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1,, The f oll.oning flying wet, observed at Altenburg airfield between Z5 and.
25 April 1951a
15 April. At 6:15 aam,,0 a twin- it transport took off? Two aircraft
Y:7ad8 -1DC31 flights at 12:30 P ,,m"
16 April. At 10:30 aim two tt'rin jet aircraft made I.Ootainute practice
~A mover the field,, Four jet fighters practiced diving over the f' d
at 2:10 p.m.
17 April. At 4:30 pima four transports took off ,Tour parachutists jumped
Tr?`Vra piars and twelve jun;"a were made from Fitch of the ocher two
planaso Two biplanes made practice flights,
18 Aoril, A. twin n inc- plane with double elliptical rudder assembly circled
over lie field at 3 Po o
19 April. At 7:15 aImos three transports practiced takE,: offa and lary-iirsgs,,
Trangp&rfa made night flights at 900 p.m. -with searchl.irghts and boundary
lights in operation,,
20 April. Four biplanes continually practiced take offs an. landings
55en :15 a.m. we 1:10 par,, One parachutist jumped from each piano.
Two ~,ransports made practice flights at I:i5 pz,.,
21 Akcry.l.o A transport practiced flying bet-seen 6 s 30 and 9q`.0 ,ra About
To' ter' rparachute jumps were made from each of four tren:;pc.rts at 5:35
p0m? Source observed at the T_ ding ar.es southwest of Dolsert.ain (N 52/K 37)
that the parachutes dropped were tissue paper chutes with suspesided wooden
durimiesa They were picked up by four motor vehicles,
22 Apprilb A transport left at 9:15 a.m.,
2Lj?ri1? Three transports practiced take offs and landings at 8:10 a,, m,,
25 karil. At 2:10 p,,m0 a biplane and a si_r to r i ae plane circled
No flights were grade on 23, 26 and 28 April"
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIA
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I said that about one third of the soi,,'ir rs
:.oa - ' e wore dark Ullif01 MS a Ho 01 !30 stz ted that several Soviet
soldiers in one room were foldi r and nackintg parachutes,
3 On 18 April, coldiers were sett; nC up two fuel co :tamers betrro;cn the dis-
mantled bane:ars and were instaliinC fire-fighting equipment noarhy? Each
container was twice a lame as a railroad tank car in dianeter and lennth,:
Two sentries jumrdod the containers, A board fence,, 3 rioters vi-rb . r ms beir ;
erected at the roar of the ccntat.nern. Laborers at the field said that fuel
for jet planes v!a ; stored in the cnntainerso. New trenches were b
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behind the dismantled hangars. Two towers rrh ich were believed to be Di`
stations were seen east of he railroad siding in line with the intact hangar,
A braced radio mast and a motor vehicle were near the ran,-es in the
cleared area north of the field,
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Huh t t re azr i.aleti is still occupied by the same air transi,ort retinc,it
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The purps>ose Of the tower , has, not
or ni e c i ow for?r~~r9 see Anney,,
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I Annex: 1 - -,ketch on ditto,,
CONFIDENTIAL
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Approved For Release 2004/01/28 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008100200005-9