TUAPSE AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Krasnodar Krai)
SUBJECT Tuapse Airfield
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I., There were two or three small tiro-story stone buildings
but no hangars at he 'airfield about 6 km east of
Tuapse (39"V 1/44 6s N) s rasnodar Krai a and
20 :six to nine single-enGine hireraft occasionally took
off and landed at the field. '
3a Co-p?,ys said that another airfield was northwest of
Tudpse> near iGinka (presumably Ol,inskaya (380539 r
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4. The airfield, about GOOz2,0GO meters, was about
15 km northwest of Tuapee, west of the road to
NNovorosisk (37?459 E/44?43r N)$, along the shore,
about 2 &r southeast of Qlginskaaa There were
no runway's, hangars or quartere.
5,, one to' several fighters occasionally landed at the
field and took off again after a short stay
6. The airf ield, lxl-uL krri, was about 1.2 km northeast of
Tuapse, about 300 meters east of the rilroad line a
No runways or building, were seen. A pipe line,
20 cm in diameter and i} meters above the ground'
led from the double-track railroad line to the south-
west corner of the field, Where a radio truck and
a mast with a windoone. were seen,,.:
7, The following aircraft were seen:
8 to 10 b *lanes
20 to 25 siatle-engine fighters with in-line
engine
4 to 5 twin'engine aircraft with in-line engine
and double rudder assembly
Another airfield was assumed to be about 9km north-
east of Tuapse, south of a small railroad station.
Thirty single-engine fighters with ih-line engine
were seen taking off, gathering at an altitude of
500 meters and proceeding in squadron formation
(three squadrons and one flight, oz behind the
other).*
Int:
a The statements on the Tuapse airfields do not com-
pletely agree with one another. The statements
a-- 1 seem to refer to the same
field northeast of Tuapee. . 4coor?ding to previous
records an unimproved airfield was there daring the
ware This field was obviously occupied by a fighter
P
unit.
' '`* The statements
seem to refer
to the same improvised airfield northwest of Tuapee ,
near Olginka. It epparently is a fighter base which
is not permanently occupied o
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