MERSEBURG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011700310007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. 'r C a.m. and p.m. on 15 .11arch 9~ 2, th re was f3ying by planes
I la to a airfi4ld.
Zts landing
gear was not retracted while f3,;,?ing. The other four plar. ms without
amaliary fuel tanks took off in groups of two and, practiced flying for
30 to !.0 ninutesa
railroad tank: cars are dispatched to the field only
at night to prevent observations at the installation by railroad personrelo
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y.-1g was nor orm ; vi. ua y &n in for?mati ons
o two n apes up to mid-1. "arch? Formerly,, flights in
squadron formations had been observed The stage of training of the indi-
vidual crews of the now regiment, which is equipped -with about 30 MG-1.5's,
apparently differs considerablyb
or o This information, which -is believed credible, shows that the
Russians male every effort to prevent any observations at the airfields,
Other security measures observed include the construction of fences and
trenches around the fields ., dismissal of aor ran personnel etc.
CLASSIFICATION!
~_DATE PREPARED_ 7 Jlnril 1952
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P82-0457R414 7943
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Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011700310007-5