WERNEUCHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010200360003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Werneuchen Airfield
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Germ (Soviet Zone)
DATE OF CONTENT 27 October to 5-November 1951
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schematic representation of the
On 27 October 195l
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construction plan of the drainage system in the eastern and western sections of
Werneuchen airfield. (1) The plan shows the location of the pipes and their dia-
meters. The circled numbers indicate the manholes, The pipe lines of the eastern
drainage system were completed except for the line branching off from manhole
No 20 toward--the northeast and a strip of the main pipe line leading from manhole
No 40 to the airfield buildings, about 920 meters sway.
2. Some.laborers were discharged or transferred to other construction sites, so that
only 1,60 workers remained at the field as of 3 November. No machines were
shipped away. The construction superintendent said that 500 laborers would remain
at. the field during the winter months. A Soviet detail was constructing a con-
crete road, about 200 meters long, from the northeastern bend of the old spur track
toward the northeast as far as the place where the fuel containers were stored in
groups of three and four. After 30 October, five other containers arrived. A 100?-
meter strip of the northern taxiway beginning at the east end of the
completed. Excavating and laying of a gravel sub-grade started at d
of the runway where the northern taxiway was to terminate. The 4ntir
the taxiway could not be identified. (2) A 280-meter space between t ';the
spur track in the western extension of the runway was paved. The old
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front of hangars 2 through 6 was enlarged and concreted as far as tie southern
way. Machines, rails and 1,800 to 2,000 cubic meters of earth were still store
on the apron. A naerow gauge field railway track lay on the southern taxiway. Two
tracks about 500 meters apart crossed the runway. E__ I
cleaning 'work on the apron in front of the hangars, the taxiway, and run-
way would take about two weeks. (3)
3. There was no flying at the field between 29 October and 5November, About 11:30 a.m.
on 3 November, a formation of three twin-jet planes circled over the field several
times; between 2:30 and 4 p.m., the hangars at the field were closed. No aircraft
or aircraft parts were observed.
4. A bakery from a/erneuchen delivered 1,030 kg of bread daily to the unit at the field
which may indicate that the unit had a strength of slightly more thanf1,000 men.(4)
No new troops were observed arriving at the field between 29 October and 6'November.
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field was constantly guarded by two sentries. NO guards were observed at the
hangars or`on the field boundaries.
n opera. a' t -e locomotives and
about 20 trucks were used for hauling the earth away. On 3 November, only
about 1,000 laborers of the Bauunion were employed at the field; the other
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workers were dismissed. No preparations for the installation if runway lights
were observed. No radio installations or AA gun emplacements were observed at
the field or in is vicinity. (5)
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drainaV_ "p pe system."in the eastern and nrern_..v, 01? c errr--riot
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clear, reppoductions were drawn of these pho
could not obtain any details on the middle se
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.taxiway actually started, e work will possibly
be done by the 500 laborers W K63 according to the cons ruc n superintendent,
will remain at the field during the winter,
(3) The statements which furnish a good picture of the status of construction appews
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(4) Some of the soldiers probably belong to a construction unit, while other soldiers
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loaded with about 70 bedsteads, went to the field on 3 No-
Other motor vehicles observed going to the field included trucks
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