AIRFIELDS AT VOROSHILOVGRAD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010300330004-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
SUBJECT Airfields at Voroshilovgrad
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1. An airfield, allegedly a civilian field, was o$
a plateau north of Voroshilovgrad (390181 E/48
35t Iq) , Ukrainian SSR, west of a road leading
north (see ,annex 1). No runways were seen. Four
four-story quarters and three or four hangars were
at the field. Thirty to forty twin-engine aircraft
and ten biplanes were stationed there.
2. Another airfield, allegedly a military field, was
about 6 km southeast of the locomotive plant. The^e
were three hangars and three four-story quarters.
Five hundred PVs were reported to repair the hangars
in august 1946. The field was occupied by biplanes
and twin-engine aircraft.
3. A commercial airfield wqs northwest of the town.
,% fellow-p r who often drove to the fie-La said that
there were taxiways, runways, several solid hangars
and buildings (modern installation).. There was
regular day and night flying with twin-enjne com-
mercial planes with single rudder assembly. Bi-
planes were also seen.
4. The military airfield on the southeast perimeter of
the town had six large hangars, large, solid build-
ings and two steel parachute towers. No taxi or run-
ways were seen. There was day flying with:
a. Twin-engine bombers with in-line engines, double
rudder assembly, full-view cockpit
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b. Single-engine fighters with in-line engine,
similar to the ;fie-109. Flying was done indivi-
dually and in formations of up to nine planes.
5. ' steel tower, 24 to 25 meters high, was about
300 meters from the PI camp (Annex 2). Parachuting
Was practiced daily.
6. parachuting from twin-engine aircraft was seen over
an airfield about 3 km southeast of the P1,17 caup.
About 16 parachutists would jurmp, one after the
other.
7. The nlilitar a irf field, about of
the t th of the road t 39?
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paral e road. The field was bordered by
woods the south and fields on the other sides.
8. The following buildings were in the south and souta--
west sections of the field;
a. Three. hangars, each about 5Cx80 meters, with
semi-circular roofs. Concrete aircraft parking
sites which were connected with a very wide and
about 2 km long concrete runway were in front of
the hangars.
b. About eight occupied, three-story barracks
buildings, each 30x9( meters, with camouflage
paint.
c. Two three-story administration buildings, each
about 30x5O meters.
9. The field was occupied by at least:
a. Thirty single-engine aircraft
b. Twenty twin-engine aircraft
10. A soviet Air Force colon&l was field commander.
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11. The military airfield was about 5 km southeast of
the October-revolution Plant. From the observed
flying it was inferred that the field was occu-
pied by biplanes and twin-engine Li-2s. There
was day and night flying individually and in for-
mations of up to 16 planes. Parachute jumps from
Li-2s were also seen being made individually and
in groups of up to 2O.
12. The civilian airfield was about 3 km north-north-
west of this town. Only Li-2 commer&ial planes
were seen.
13. An airfield was about 2* km northwest of the rail-
road station. Five hangars were seen there. The
field was occupied by single and twin-engine air-
craft with which individual and formation flying of
up to nine planes was done.
14. x very large airfield was about 4 km southeast of
the locomotive plant. Three long hangars with
about 20 single- and twin-engine aircraft parked in
front-were seen. There was only flying with Li-2s,
individually and in formations of up to nine planes.
Parachuting was also practiced from these planes,
three groups of five parachutists each jumping from
each plane. The jumps were made very accurately and
at regular intervals from an altitude of about 8OC
meters The parachutes would open after an about
l0O-meter fall. The practices were made two or
three times weekly for about three weeks. flying was
then stopped for three or four weeks and resumed for
another three weeks.
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