RONAFOE BOMBING RANGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200220007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 16, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, From :larch 1919 to April 1951, a Soviet unit of about 60 men, under the
cornaand of a sublieutenant, was quartered in a castle near the Ronafoe
dairyfare, 8 imi southwest of i arovar (P b8/y 16)., A -torkshop for the
manufacturing of dummies used for target practice was also housed in the
castle. A bombing range has existed since 191L8 and was to I. lc east of
Ronafoe. Five control towers wore located on two edges of the bombing
range and connected by telephone lines with the castle. .0un mios repro-.
sonting tancs, aircraft, guns, trains, railroad eubankments, bridges, and
fire trenches were trucked from Fonafoo to the bomb-. ,n,-, ra ge?
2 Source observed that twin-engine bothers flying in three flights of three
planes each appeared daily about 9 a.-,I, if the reathor was favorable? The
aircraft approached the targets three or four times,,releasing bombs on each
approach, The next group practiced bombin about half an hour later. During
the interval., a single--en ine reconnaissance plane appealed and probably took
photographs of the results. According to local residents.; the bombers came
from Austria.
11tunerous telephone lines were observed leading 'from i1onafoo Castle to all sides,
such as to L,osons&olnol:-- . osonszent ja los (F' b8/Y 05) and to :aaZ rarovar (P b8/
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Cotvaent. 1' or location sketch of bombing range,., see annean, This is the
irs t report on r onafoe bombing .range. a The statement by local residents may
be correct since exercises by bombers of the F i ty.1bnth Air law which is
stationed in Austria have been repeatedly observed in the llunCar:i an border area
by another source. -
1 Aninox: One sketch on ditto,
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