NEURUPPIN AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010500060003-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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2."1 October to 9 December 1951
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.ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE) L =? list
1. After the transfer of the unit from Iieurup;i.n airfield no activity was observed
there ip to 26 October 1951a The six searchlights along :ittstock Allee and
the searchli ;:hts mounted on masts toward Alt Rup-:in Allee were being removed,
&kt 2 P.m.. on 26 October;, four .".iC-15s flew over the town. The planes ti.e re
obEerv:~d tarked at the field at 5 p.m, On 26 October, the field was occupied
by 4 1,'iG-15s, 2 FO.2s and 1 low-wing monoplane,, At noon on 3 Uoirember,
inc.ivi Dual L1iG-15s, took off for
short flights. They eva enea e ci-oua s . , it P.M. on I oversber, 4
".iL3 lovw-wing monoplanes with radial en.ines, and 2 PO-2s were parked
at the field. Source observed on 17 November that 6 or 7 other I'iG-15s had
apparently arrived at the field. Between 9:30 a,ma and noon on lB .aovt.:;ber,
there was flyim-.
2. 'Between 1 and 20 :ove:.~,Pr, there was intensive local flyinrg by riG-1>s which
took off individually. From 2 to t pBrno on 0 December, there was flying by
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s were parl'ed in front ol' in. ;langar. .rive or t Omer Ia: -
3 biplanes were probably parked in the hangar0
;e L-vive n 22 and 27 ", overter, there t:( Bs intensive clay flying but no night fly-
in;, 1.2) On 22 iovemher, the follo.?i_ng flying was practiced between 2 a,r,., and
1:50 p?mo and bet..een 2 and 3:45 p,rt,: At ? a,ra, the aircraft engines were
started. .text to each jet plane, vv1hich had a nrie-n.an crew, there,was a starter
carriage raid next to it a ran r:ho,crave the starting sia?nal with his hand.
Thereupon, the noise of thFi turbines was heard for 50 to 60 second Then fire
emmarged from the ;et exit, while the roaring noise of the engine was to be
heard., The starter carriage was connected to t1ne plane for 2 or 3 minutes,
while the engine ran for about 3 minutes.0 -hen the engine was stopped, the man
rot out of the plane There was arl interval of L to 15 minutes between the
momen=:t the engine was stopped and hoi?a atArl rI Aan'tn without hAIn of
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TG-15s, 1 single-engine plane and 1 PO-2 were parkedd, at the field.
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3. ;;e?~ween 21 and 20 iiover?or, 11 jet planes were parked in front of the middle
ha:tr;as at the .-leld, ;..'here were probal:-bly four type--29 planes among, the ?'iO-15s,
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 the ste;rti.ng carriage a Then the plane taxied to the take-off point in
about 50 seconds, took off and circled over the field for 4 to 6 minutes,
The aircraft '?.,ad no auxiliary fuel tanks. Their crews were changed after
3 o:- 4 take-offs- Source had the impression that each pilot had to perform
a c*.rtain number of +,,ke-off 7 and landings, The planes were refueled after
L t- A fliahts_ The fue3lincp lasted between 24 and 35 minutes. The tank truck
app:.-oaci.:ed the plane from the rear, Then the hose w=;s inserted in the rear
edge of the left wing close to the fuselage.. It took 1.2 to 18 minutes before
the tark truck moved away. Lighting facilities were not yet set up. On 27
Iovc:r?be:~ no change was observed on the radio installations in Nietwerder,
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Betwe era 2 and, 9 December, 12 16ii.G--15s, 4 type-29 planes 3 Yak-118 and 2 PO-26
?wrero observed at the field
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ivf^ or other ya -lls and o s were pro a y pare in the hangar,,
6. There Baas no flying on 2, 3, 6 and 9 December, ruhereas the following lying
act;.vi.ty was observed on 4, 5, 7 and 8 December;
4 December: Between. 10:30 and 11:30 aono and from noon to 3:10 pamos there
was a 10/10 overcasts the ceiling was about 200 to 300 meters, Visibility
Was 1 1 M '?PX Jn 1 nr ' lrm
nic pram,-LTA` .ie rie or 7 or 8 minutes,
5 Dcced6er: Flying was practiced between 9 a.rm, and 1:10 bola The sky was
9/1C overcast; the ceiling was bmit. 1-200 to 1 -500 r., tars. Visibility was
limited to about 10 km, /aircraft
took off once every
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houx between 9:08 a.m. and 1:05 p,ma Practice flights were probably made,
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The swo-seater I1iG-15 did not have an antenna rod or an antenna. Its cockpit
was ?per, at, the side. The second pilot, probably the student, sat so high in
the piare that a portion of his shoulder could be seen. No curtain for blind
flying practice was observed,
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Lieutenant Colonel '?itrayenko (fnu) was
the c,orran erz of the field,
At 3: 20 .rya on 21. Noverbor, four '.:iG.459 25X1
on their noses landed at the fie n i panes ua_ not carry auxiliary
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10f, B,2twceri 9 and 11 a ,.m. on 22 .November,, 9 meet-Aback jet fighters, 3 biplanes,
a "' towing r_,onoplanes with radial engines were parked at the field,
3urce observed that three of the s rpt-4back 'et fi hters were two-seaters
swept back jet fighter
oo n at 9:10 aWm,;, and :1-ande3d at 9:20 a.m. Two
mon were seen in the c ckpita At 9:15 aomo, septa-back jet fi %atr;r
landed at the field, Two men were observed in the
c c_ pi , The man sitting in front opened the front half of the cockpit roof
t~) the left and got out to the right, The second man who slid the rear half
o the cockpit roof backward also left the plane. Both men used a ladh
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rich was laced on the right side of the plane by a man in overalls b
The hose was inserted in the
l?on a side of the use age, forward of the leadin,? edge of the wing.
Refueling took about 20 minutes, Subsequently, the plane taxied toward the
h.angars and did not take off again. Two sweptback jet fighters
took off at intervals of about 60 meters at 9:40 a,m,
and landed at 10:07 a.m. The planes had two-man crews, Swept track jet fighters
took off at 9:50 a.m. ar;d landed at lOzlO a.m. At 10:02 a,m,j
sip aces Vie; fighter tool: off after being refueled,
Shortly before the take-off, a second ran entered the ?plane. The landing
r..s observed at 10:20 a.m. There was no other flying up
to 11 aam,
11 c i3E tvre n and 9 a :,m. on 1 December, 10 swept back jet fighters which were
cnlvered with tarpaulins, 4 low wing monoplanes with radial engines, and 3
12, B utwe an 2:30 and 3:15 p.m. on 30 November, the field was occupied by 1 b iz lane,
3 single-engine low-rin monoplanes with radial ex1EC _ne ,e and 10
planes,, Only local flights were rade by the planes which did not retract
tLeir landing; gears;
two men sat in the cockpit
1Tc n e _ron , The cockpit appearec; 76 -77 larger than that of the other
13, Between 1:'30 6 Decerr'ber, 13 :iG.15sy
3 single.-engine; low-wing monopianes, ano
Mp aries were par ed at the field,, There was intensive flying. (4)
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Fc r. 3tai s on flying activity,, see attached list., T ith regard to the take-
off and landing. times on 22 November, there are discrepancies with the
irfornation furnished by source of paragraph 10, .'herefore, it is doubted
whether the times indicated in the list are correct..
The flights observed were probably the final flights with trainers and sub-
aeque;ztly, the first solo flights in single-seater ;.;i0.15s,
The report furnishes a good indication of the occupation and flying activity
a-f Neuruppin airfield after it was vacated by the old.fighter regiment in
October 1951, The statements lead to the following conclusions:
au The first new four 'TiG-15s arrived at the field on 26 October 1951. The
number of planes was increased to 1]. or 13 by early December,
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 ba Jn1Ged by the flying activity, flying, personnel who seamed to have much
ey.,aerience :rith conventional aircraft were probably being retrained on
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c,, It is believed that a new fighter regiment was its its stage of activation,
D-i same observation was made at the airi'ieicl3 rf Finow, Yoothen, "',randis
and Alt Loennev tz,, Another source observed two fighter regiments in
i'i.:i.ow after rr d. ;,ovether 1951 but did not observe t ,.e same type -flying
at Tleirruapin airfield.
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 The following air activity was observed at i+euruppin airfield:
22 :?;ovember 1951, :eather conditions: 1/10 decree of cloudiness an
a -F'Luc. o7-`, )? rieters, visibil:i.ty li.nited to S 3 ,, 4 southwesterly
rind Of 30 km/h existed,,
Take off
8:33 a.m.
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9:18 a om
9:140 a am r.
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Total flying time :
11.: 1 *7 a vm O
11:35 am,,
11:20 a.m,,
11:03 a.m.
11:22 a Wrn?
26 Ncve.m3ger,, ";gather conditions: Receding low. 4/10 degree of cloudiness
vri" i f"wrii] clouds at 3,000 meters, unlimited visibility and a ho kr /h
nort~ares'!,er1y wind-,
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Land i a ;
2:25 P.M*
2,30 p?r .
2:38 p.m.
2:h5 p0m0
2:b6 p.m.
2:50 p