FINOW AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008800230006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Tk ere as no fiving at the field between 1 and 2:15 pm.
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On 30 July 19', 19 about 22 German Volkspolizei officers
ranking from V"P Kommis?sar up to sand Including VP-siat were
observed sitting in the Restaurant Barle1 en9 Fino .
learned they were -pilot
occupied by 42 UiG-l5s and 4 single.-en>gine low-wing
mononlanes. ro additional IUG-l ?s were aloft,/ 25X1
student ' s who were being trained with Soviet biplanes ~ at
Finow airfield. (1
20 Between 3:i5 and 8:45 a.m. on 4 August, Finow -airfield was
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a t rucks were a serve ......a3.... a field,
Two LAG-15s took off ' at an interval of 10 minutes 6 They
remained aloft for 10 to 12 minutes and then l~anded._.,.n
formation.
Between 1 and 3 P.M. on 6 August, 9 MiG-l5s$ 5 single engine
low-wing monoplanes, 3 biplanes and 5 unidentified aircraft
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25 L1iG-15s were, at the field. One piano of an unidentified
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appeared that all the T,EiG-15s had to bulges on
their wings. the eight. lanes parked
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No changes were oberved at the radar set on the northern
edge of Finow-North alternate airfield. (3) The radio
installation, previously seen east of Firiow airfield was
s 1.1l there. (4) The Finowfurth farmhouse was still occupied
by air force soldiers.
Six 37-min AA guns were seen in the AA gun emplacement at the
West Endschule in Eberswalde. Three 35-mm AA guns were
observed in the U gun emplacement south of the Eberswalde..
Flnow railroad line.
Between 2 and 3:45 p.m. on 6 August, the field was occupied
by 35 V:IiG-l5s9 6 single.-engine low--wing monoplanes. and 4
b lanes.
There was no
Ivere seen entering and leaving the'le .
The radar sets previously seen on the northern edge of Finow-
1 orth alternate airfield, and the radio installation east of
the Finow-?3iesenthal road had not changed their locations.
in during the time of observation. Trucks
and passenger cars r
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The Finowfurth farmhouse was still occupied. E o radio installa-
tion was seen there.
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On August, the field was occupied by 19 ITiG-15s.,
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single-engine biplanes, and ? single-engine mon anes.
there was no flying. Motor vehicles 11 1 25X1
I Iwere a serve
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(2) The airfield is still occupied by two fighter regiments and
a fighter division headquarters,, According to previous re orts
the single--engine low-wing monoplanes are Yale-lis.
No information has been received I l indicating 25X1
that VP men were given pilot training, No VP air units are
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(3) Dumbo radar set has been reported here.
(4) This is the landing beacon in the extension of the runway.
The outer landing beacon, previously located near Spechthausen,
has not been re-erected.
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