KOETHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010400310005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC
Krcthen Airfield
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DATE OBTAINED
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1. At 3:05 p.n. on 13 December 1951, there was :i.ntenaive fling at Koethen
airfield durin' clear and sunisr .-rcather. Aircraft observed at the field
included 1) s -ie,)t--back jot fi;.;hters, 3 single-en,;ine planes, anc 1 large
passer-or plane. (1; xhe fol:.o.rin; tal:?e-.ofa s and l rdin;e :lets observes :
Tina Take-Off
3:05 p.m. 1 swept--back jot fi;hter
3:07 " 1 swept-back jot fighte
3:114 " 1 sin ;la-.en[;jno plane
3:20 " 1 s:Ile-en.,inc: plane
3:21 " 1 swept--back jot fir;Iiter
3:10
3:13
3:1)4
3:17
3:25
3:26
Time
warm
3:30
1 swept-back Let fighter with a red three-digit
number and fitted with auxiliar;.r fuel tanks
3:31 "
1 swept--back jet fighter
and fitted with auxilia
3:36
1 swept--bacil, jet fif;htor
3:37
1 swept-back j-;t fi,;hter
3:37
1 swept-back jot fir-
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late-1 sinL-;1c-onr;ine plane
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Declasslled
Class. Changed To: TS
Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82
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D:50
3:56
i sVre~ back j 6t Lighter
I a p-'~-baclc ,let fighter p q
1 Yr,jOp.,;_1oac1C jet fighter. (2)
3,, At 3:50 p.rmv. on 18 December, haai gar l was closed. Seven swopt-back
. et fighter end four s .;rsgle-engf_ne planes were park-ad in front of
hangar 2., There was no flying. b'uel wa apparently being transferred
from four railroad tank ears on the spur track to the fuel dump, One
tank car wwas observed on the adjacent siding. (3) Three laxrge con-
tainers About the size of railroad tan% cars were next to an excavation
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