WITTSTOCK AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012200330009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1,, On 2 April 19529 individual 4?iC-15s were observed flying, some of them at
hi,,._h altitudes ~ In the morning and in the ni;-ht of 3 April., there was
individual flying by 1 iG-15s at ~:ittstock airfield. Oh 4 April, flying
was practiced by jet aircraft until about 11 p.n. Flying by 11'iO-15s on
a April included a formation of eight MiGa15s fitted with a stream lined
object under each wing.
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On 1 April, 22 MiG-15s and 2 U->2s were parked at the western border of the
field, On 2 April, there was no flying; between 9 and 10 a .no No aircraft
were parked on the field. Night flying practiced by ?iG-15s until 10:30
p.m. during clear weather included take-offs at 9:10p 9:40 and 10:10 porn.
and a landing at 10:05 p.n. Between 9 and 11:10 p.r;o on 3 April.. there was
flying by individual jet aircraft. Each aircraft flew for about 20 minutes
The sky was cloudless, and the rurreray lights were switched on,
A Ketsch office had roved into the cantonment buildings located, in the
southwestern portion of the barracks area. The headquarters of this unit
was stationed in the temporary buildings near the hospital. Three officers
with black collar patches and about 45 E"' wearing black epaulets were seen,
Pair shin;" nto of fii_?niture arrived for this unit.
A Netsch unit from (i+era arrived at ~O ittstock airf ield o It was a technical
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construction office, preisaltly responsible for ti:otsch units .>-,xi ~sauur=i on
oW f i..ce workinE for the 3rn iet Army and Soviet Air Iforee `nm~bcra of
the ur:i is stated that a transfer to Iaeuru_'Y;ir, was first -.)Tanned,, but that
this plan could not be carried out for the lack of space tl.erec On
8 ".'acrcf- two trains with furniture for the unit arrived at the ai%?L.eld,
Additional trains vAUi furniture arrived on 15 and 1.9 ".`:arch;, The :unit
consisted of the staff co nosed of a technical office and booid-,ceW: inn
action and ha to 50 "" wearing black epaulets. The personnel of the s~?ef:f
included the c onrarld iri officer, a major with black collar rat he s and
Q.ver e aulets -rihose First name was VasZa, Captain ~ho;o?.e~r `fnu.)
technical officer and instructor of the unit, who also wore black cojlar'
aate'-ies and silver e paul.ets, and Second Lieutenant Baran (gnu), rrcaa:~i.n
# olden epaulets -aryi black collar patches who was in charge of the C';r--an
personnnel? :n 1 April,, Captain Y,hileiov (fnu) and no lienterimnts vie-fie
transferred from. Gera to this unite They wore uniforms with red pip.n ,s
and red collar t-atones. Their epaulets had a 33ovi.et -'.ar with a silver
half moon next to it., Russian rnmen working for th.c u lit ncluwod .your
technical draftcwcren j two en,_ seers and one eashior in the toehnica:'
bureau- one worim, in the mail e-ff ice and 7 woven in Lhe bookkeeping
4er-.an drivers ivr;o had arri.v d with the unit
returned to 'C;era on. 1 `:aY: Ct,r!!a, pe sonnet rimed at ittstoett
included six drivers,, U ree nzf;ht ratehmeri~ one locksmith, one : an in
charge of 'chd motor pools one man in charge of the storeroom and ;-a
cha-tTictlan, The headquarters has moved into a tomporal7 building the Second
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rnich v;z s near i he hospital, t:~.ori _~.nt bull_dixirs oceu4:d
from the west r
her the unit in the western portion. of the barracks instal.l..tions included
the E`.'. quarters, to storeroom: for furniture, wall paper, paints otc.,
and one motor vehicle workshop-. Technical training cour-ses :,ere held
by Cantain Shogolev (fnu) dally from 9 a,.nu to 1 p,,-m,, and iri the aT`tornoon
from 1. p.m, The unit was not yet at full strength because ',there -:as a lack
of quarters o Block roc 6 formerly used by a student company was being re,.
constructed for the unit. Pet en 3 and 5 la;,rril. rO iron beds were trucked
to ittstock to be repaired. The beds were to be is-ued to the unite Other
, ieitow I" rdo?r, Guestrow and Gera,
1?I ck i went. to Potsdam
L .e uteriar.t ( it Force) i.mi = K n fnu }r ho was ten :
off icer at the field rnre silver epaulets and was frequently seep 1'Iith
the staff
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At 12:30 p0mo on 15 Ap-r'z1.~ a fcxmat.ion of.. si-i s ept-back tjet f?gh tors .flee.
from ri:i_tts took airfield in the direction of Schwethrich troop vr,ainirw-
ground.:, The visibili.ty was ;foods and there was .a cloud base at 770
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r'i G Sa J,1 ''"b-ca Vdc'3 f'S r ?v CD r4 About _~ 23 y(?t fF,ci-f' x,01.0 11 S -,?
irked at the, eastern end of the rum rrkST
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transfer of? the un . t fr?rrt Gera to .'Y t Oclc. If core :ct, the
activities of the un_.ta indicat,, that a :subsection o ' the Potsdar-
central construction t%C-'ice is concernedh ;'or 1oca icri c the vrar" cus
caret n a `' ttstock air-
_ occu"!iod by f hter regiran -irr a i to corps
headquarters. The ruiler rr aircraf-t rbse:?ved during t h;? as ~..~c:iths
varied hetti;e n 22 and 27. The nu wer of ''iG-?1 's attic tua11y ;eta t; for ed.
at the field n as not cdeter ii.ned,.
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