ERFURT/BINDERSLEBEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012200360010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 6, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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the soldiers who arrived at the field by rail belong to an air force
construction battalion located at the hindenburg I:asem ?ne in Leipztgo.
continuation of construction work there,
b/i ich reportedly arrived on 10 April 1252 indicate.- a_?k imr..inent
had been enlarged and leveled in 19'1? The soldiers and bui.ldtn e } i Nsrc r:c
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1, Beginning in January 1952,, the construction eguipr: nt kept at the rrrI'urt-
I3indersleben airfield during the winter vial :~er.~oved s In February, about
50 Qeri:ans were employed at the field,. mainly on demolition and cl arth
work. In early April, 72 fanilies were given short notice to evacuate
the former officer's houses which they occupied;, fly 10 April, about
100 Soviet Air Force ,oldiers, 't trucks, .2 prime movers and steel rollers
had arrived. On 11, 143 16 and 20 April, Soviet soldiers were observed
unloading two railroad e 'h` , ed it-4- black cor'ru fated sheet metal
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of corr ur:ated sheet metal were unloaded on one of the days nenz 5.cried., The
material was Oiled ur at the nor tl.ern and southern edges of the fl Id
2, On 19 January, leveling work at the field was
completed. About 50 workers wemre employed at the installation. .Loss :wooden
buildings and wooden sheds in addition to 160 durr.p trucks ar field rail-
road equi_pr.,ent vre, observed at the field. The buildings vier- lighted at
night. Or, 7 arch, the construction egni;X.c;e:nt was no longer seen,, The
damaged buildings in the southern portion of the field were being
demolished A large pile n f .w coden boxes 200 x lid x 30 c:n were piled up
in the middle of the field. A Soviet labor detail of about 20 . mn ras
cuarterec in the vicinity of the installation..
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the Russians vrere- ?'rnr'a ed in repairing lines aria coo t e at
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learned that arimuni. tion was stored in the wocden Shea.; of the Bau.rion
:~irr. from .1 i.ch had ?eeer, erected at the fieldo ,;-
O:~Y9 lent o The r po t ;:3'! ows that the construction e*,q~tipr":ten va s
remove ,ror; he irfturt-Dindersieben airfield in earl1.:L9 2,, Thro field
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Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO12200360010-0