MAKHACHKALA AIRFIELDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Dagestan ASSR)
SUBJECT Makhachkala Airfields
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMA 1ON
l 1. large con ueroial airfield ivith hangars vias
northwest of ., .khaohkila (4702C'i /43 O' 1) 9
Jrigestan s h,, southwest of the railroad line.
' he fiold was occupied by eight to ten twin-
enr,ine ooix-ieroial planes, ten ii5s and sortie tT-2s0
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2d Another airfield was 8 to 10 km south of the
town, north of the small town called ..:akhach.
kale, I, between the double-track railroad line
and the road alone the shore. Parachute jumps
from U-2s over the training field were seen,
3 The airfield was south of Jakhachka.la9 half way to
the torpedo plant (about les kn,) and west of the
asphalt road to Baku. There were no buildings
except for some small barracks. l ,,o runways, taxi-
ways, railroad spurs or fuel dumps were seen.
A radio truck stood near the road
4 :3ome biplanes took off for parachute a ,raining
5. The airfield was about 3 krra northwest of iakhac?h-
kala - mez town section, west of the railroad
line.
6. It was not a military-6i rfield0 There was some
:a i 1n(r with twin-engine cor niercial. planes of the
Baku- Iakhachkala- 1-'ostov line 0
7. The airfield north of .Aakhachkal.a had destroyed
hangars, some of which have been under recono
struction since 1948.
8. :'lying. at the field intensified, every year. One
plane landed and took off f romz the field about
every hour in 1948 _-Iost of the aircraft were
multi-engine coinerciali Planes.
9. .other airfield was about 2 kr west of the road
to :akhachkala-tiosgor?d {south of ti akhachkala) ,
between these towns
10. The field was occupied by about eight fighters
(single-seat, one in-line engine, retractable
landing gear and tail wheel). The planes made
individual f lightsa There were parachute jumps
from U-2s and cargo gliders towed by U--2s0
11. The i aprovised airfield, about 1,000 meters square,
was 18 to 20 krm southwest of .4hrthachkala, east of
the railroad line to L.:aku.and south of a railroad
branch line to the 'osgorod (Kaspik) industrial
installation. A shed was the only building.
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120 The field was occupied by about ten biplanes
and three plidersb
13. flying:
Individual parachute jumps were practiced daily
Gliders were towed to an altitude of 1,000 mete. -s
about once a week. The released gliders stunted
(particularly loops) and then landed.
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