BRIEG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009300130005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION 25X1 X PLACE OBTAINED 25X1 A
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DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARD~y?-r.~
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1. On 19 and 20 J r and on 8, 19, and 23 August 1.9 1,, ''rieg airfield was occa--
pied by 60 to 100 Soviet jot aircraft, presuL?ably ltnr ri .;,* riorolalanes, with
large air intakes, }-pt--back wings and rounded off YTIJV`- tips, Their rudder
assemblies faired into the fuselage at a 15 to 20 d.egrco angle and were. 1 ?:actor
from the rear of the fuselagoQ The elevator as;;ernl.,lies ~v:ore fitted in the upper
third of the rudder assn ab? ios e The pianos had a rose r', oo and a landing gear
retracting iar:;ard. some of the aircraft wore gray blued !To . arl,in; s
wore seen o: Copt for. the. red. 3ovict ;tar. (1)
2, There was intensive flying in oc weather, Formation ? i:rag conducted in two
flights of four planes each a ms-1 in three i1i~!Iite of -dare- planes each was .costly
obcc >-red. The planes usualT took off i dividtlcll r at intervals of a half of
a r.tlxt~'te wlhile the Individual landings ore rxade at it o; ul.ar intervals.
The .east-'crest extension of the fide was h.5 to Ira while the north-south oxtea?a,
lion was 2 to 3 km The northern portion of Panpit z (p r1./ II 79) as far a ~ the
l1eino 1Liver, the southern portion of Hernsdorf (P ji/II 9) and the western por..,
tion of Schuesselndorf ( 51/II C9) sere evacuated by the civilian population.
The eastern section of the landing field was lower than its tiresterr_ ptrt A large
white C was painted on the side of the searchlight t: uclcs,, Trio of the
6. The sectw of the torn located southwest of the main railroad station
which was evacuated by the civilian population was occupied by Soviet
officers and soldiers, The entire area had rany telephone lines and
was ,guarded by sent ies. A street northeast of the main, railroad sta--
Lion, which had also been evacuated by the civilians, quartered officers 25X1 C
and E?-7 that were stationed at the ,airfield. (6)
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3, C4i 8 August, crates about 4.5 x 1.5 x 2 meters were being unloaded from
50 railroad cars near the main railroad station by 1;0 to 50 air force
soldiers. The crates were loaded by moans of a m ob:lle crane on 20 to 25
trucks which proceeded to the ail-field. (8)
9, The barracks installations located in the southeastern portion of the
torn between the railroad line and the highway to Oppein (P 51/D 17.)
quartered polish troops.
Conrioii'ts.~
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(1) 'R'io report supports the assumption that trio fighter rogi touts equipped
with 2G-15s are stationed at the field, ':lie detailed ir-fermation on
those pianos as furnished by source appears credible.
(2) The ronort indicates that Drie,, airfield was enlarged toward the east
be; and the :3rieg-Parapitz highway after the war. Me runway was also
extended consider^ably,. The construction of a second rurmay in the
southern portion of the field is reported for t e first time. It was
only Imcun that a taxiway was aloe ; the northern,oa tern and southern
edges of the landing Iiold~ It is therefore believed that the second
r u way reported by source actually was the southern ta: iway and that the
northern section of this taxiway could not be seen from t e southeastern
corrior of the field from where source made his observes iEyns The turn to
,,he northeast in the oastern section of the rnrnra,- cannot to o plained.,
iin cxt,ension . of the rum ay to an aircraft c.ispor: ^al area is probabl ,_ co?Z' -
corned. Only the portion of the runway west of the 3Y'! E: 2? sit road 3
believed to be used for take-offs and landings particularly- Since the
eastern portion of the landing field is lot-er than its western seeti.on-.
i"or s",-etch of the fields see 111:tnox ,
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