KAUNAS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900390001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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L4 Kaunas airfield is located on a hill south of Kaunas (54/55174 23/5 E) a
rne4:r a bridge over the eriunas (2 a tel.) Rtver and a cable-railway, vrhich
starts about 200 meters south of the :ridge and ends about 100 meters
from the northern perimeter of the f ield o The circular field had an ..
asphalt -road about 5 rioters vrlde around it. I .ro damaged hanl ars, Which
were bein salvaged by a building firm, were located' 200 meters vest of
the end of the cable-railway. From 2f to 30 one-and two--fanily houses
quartering soviet officers and their dependen t,s wer loca .ed on the outer
aide of the circular road, east of the end of the cable-railway. The officers
and, soldiers observed :,ore brown uniforr:s an epaulets with light-blue
borders mounting cros.`ed-,propeller insignia. The field had a firm grass
co"/er. 3'd'
2, Cargo**carryyi.nC gliders towed by tswi.n-engine aLrcraft,referred to as Douglas
planes,approached the field daily. The .gliders were semi high-wing mono-
planes with a slight sweepback, :bride r.ings, tapering towards the rounded-
off` tips, the trailinC edges of the wings form a right angle with the fuselage,,
The wrings did not have a dihedral. It had a s.L rmple I.,ail assembly not project-:-
inc beyond the rear end of t:ie plane., a landing F ear :fixed to the fusela;e,
a nose vit.eel and a tail spur, the ?vtheels of the landing gear being not less
than 1 meter in diameter. i After being released at an altitude of about
300 meters over the field and circling two or i2iree times, the gliders
landed individually at intervals of seven or eight ,minutes. Usually, landing
runs did not- exceed 200 meters F. The twin-engine aircraft lanced after the
gliders After landing, the gliders ware unloaded and towed from the rear
by a tractor. Their car goes were hauled away. They consisted of one cubic
motor boxes vLich had to be carried by six r:enn. SIo cranes were available.
Take'oafs were ;eels in groups of up to 70 :lanes to' irig gliders. The planes
fle t in the direction fron'yutore they had come. 'Ayo other aircraft types
were observed at the field ? ,
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CLASSIFICATION
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2 ,Serviceable hangars
3 ~ Damaged hangars
t Cable car
:~ Apartment houses
6 Aircraft parking site
Attachment 25X1
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lease 2006/03/18 : CIA-RDP82-00457410900390001-2
Approved For Release 2006/03/18 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO10900390001-2