TOEKOEL AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009800370010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 4, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Toekoel Airfield
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was about 2,500 mosfield wm east
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north to south. The provided
According to source, the field was usable even after 2uustaineds
rains. The installation was provided with a runway ,00 -
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long, and 70 to 80 meters wide covered by 5 x 6 meter concrete slabs.
, about 300 meters high,
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The radio tower of the Bu
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was located about 3 km north
eld 2. Both, a Soviet and a Hungarian aarked were one,inhe
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aircraft observed there
the
Abo
port aided. oy a Aungar
its eastern portion. Th4-en-GrIUMV -TT
d blue a aulets. (2)
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soldier wearing white-border-
i, the field was occupied by three single-engine
3? On l0 October 195
fighters, probably Yak-9s fitted with inline engines, three-bladed
metal propellers and landing gears retracting inward; 4 twin-engine tai transports, probably LI-2s, fitted with iinwardiandecabinswindows; andl
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assemblies) landing gears re
~ 0 rked in the western portion and 2
48 jet planes, including pa -
parked in the ea
mid-wing monopla
ruuuer upper third of the r er ass m artitions.(3
retracting rearward, and air intakes divided. by vertical p
4. Installations available at the field
cudedldree hangars, oneuses,
which was destroyed, two-story quartering i
low wooden buildings occupied by workers an ammunition dump, a radio
a single-
story DF station, and a spur-. track. Three quartering nuuui ldildinngs, single
quartering
story administration building and 7 three-story
which were still under construction were observedA ingthe westerns
p o t~3.r&je$fotR@lef1jqg2d(12/W/Md~f4-f ~P $~~ 3 ~ western end of
and a low wooden building were -observe no meters awestyrnd the
thP runway. The 4 towers, which were about 25
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low wooden building were arranged in one row. Four searchlights,
about 50 cm 'in diameter, mounted on supports, about 1.5 meters
high, were set up at the eastern end of the runway. (4)
The ammunition dump was guarded by a Soviet sentry. Anot:ner Soviet
guard was seen4 at the'end of the spur track where building
materials were stored in the open,A Hungarian sentry was. placed at
the.entrance in the northeast corner of the installation, another
sentry was seen on its eastern edge.
(l7 , or location sketch of the *fi~eld, see Annex 1. out of
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(2) .This is the first-comprehensive report on Toekoel airfield. Previous
Information had indicated that the installation was occupied by a
Soviet air unit, but that Hungarian pilots were also trained with
jet aircraft there.. This inforinatiol,is confirmed by the present
report.
(3) The jet fighters described are believed to h
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orted by a sketc
This assumption is also supp f rded Source was an aircraft mechanic.
type 18 planes.
urce which was not
ormation is
believed to be correct. However, it must be pointed out t
like extension of these planes beyond the air intake
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mentioned by source, but it may be that one of its version
without that characteristics feature. it is believed i
such a large number of jet planes as observed by sour:
for training purposes. It appears
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probable that a Soviet fighter unit is stationed at the-TIeI. This
unit is probably also responsible for the training of Hungarian
pilots.
(4) These searchlights are believed to be used for night flying
activities.
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1 Airfield boundaries
2 Concrete runway
3 Hangar, about 100x40 meters, steel
and masonry
4 Reinforced concrete hangar with a
vaulted roof, about 70x30 meters
5 Two-story quartering building,
15x8 meters
6 Main entrance
7 Twenty-eight jet planes 4,
8 Low wooden building, about 20x6 meters,
quartering workers ?
9 Two single-story quartering buildings,
each of them about 20x8 meters
10 Destroyed hangar
11 Radio or DF station
12 Three low wooden buildings, each of
them 20x6 meters . ~f
13 Twenty jet planes
14 Single-story administration building,
in front of which a tower,
8 meters high
15 Three-story quartering buildings,
each of them 30x12 meters,
under construction
16 Dispensary ?
17 Gates
18 Ammunition dump with a brick
building, about 10x6 meters
19 Aircraft armament adjustment range
20 Construction material dump
21 Spur track
22 Stop of the Budapest-Rackeve
interurban railroad line
23 Area of the Csenel automobile plant,
24 Civilian houses
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