BRAND AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CZI 3 . :ay 1952.1 source obser-,Yed Lt the Klrausnick radio 1.rg3t,anation of acard
airfield that the mobile ssarchli7ht previously observed there had le f t ? ?
device covered by a tarpaulin no mounted on a round plate was 'observed
on the spot. -Source was tolib.::: a- local resident that this device .1n3 a ?
sev.rehlight. - This searchlight T-Tas not in operation. every Light,, but. ;than in
oporation it heard its lic.,ht at an angle.. of ti.5 degrees toward the west and -
moved it across the sky -until it pointed toward the east at -the same. ani-:fle
before switching off.. This proloss was -continually repeated. .
2. At 7 a.m. on 6 17 type-27 ?L nd.l. type-30 jet bombers viere observ-,3d on the
taxiway in 'front of the flight control station. The troe-27 planes ware parked
in groups of 6, 5 and 6 aircraft respectively while the type-30 plane was parked
separately. (1) From 9 a.m. to U30 -To.m.? on itt.:lay-, there was flying at, the -
field. The weather was 1oad, visibility' about 2000 meters and the cloud ceiling
was at nn altitude of 100 to 150 meters,. A trpe-27 jet bomber narked by t.17,e,
black ro 15 landed at about 3 p?m? (2) At 6 p9mg source- observed that the air-
craft at the field were parkcd A.n the sane pattern as observed on thp preceding
dar.H"EtibilitenC :30 a,r2t and 3. p.m and after 9 p.m) on 15 May,. flicthts of about
15 minutes duration were made. After having landed three timoco the aircraft
-iterneled in the -aircraft dispEral area Ped .?os 1, 171, -1t3., 27 and 31.1 were :WenL,ified on type-27 planes and.i,o. l was identified on a trxi-30 plane,- At darknesi
indiVidual planes made 20-minute fliOlts. 'lien these aircraft were. ever Kr -.7,
nick shortly before landing they switched cs two landing lights Which i'.4)peared to -
be located at both. sides of the .rusolarr:o; At 8 the aircraft Observed at
the field were parked in tho oare pattern as during the preceding dajs. ? _
3, On .Taz,,4, source observed fel? .:be first time that seven soldiers wearing red-
bordered black epaulets were ass-1ned to -;17te radio installation at Frausnick?
Only three of the air force so Lore previously observed there had re,o.ained?
The new personnel were 15 to 20 .years old and. appeared to have COM from the
U.S.S.R. recently. They were pof,rly disciplined. (3)-
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4., P. etween 9:15 a and 1 pall, on 9 individua1 jet b0M17,527F c ti oed
15--mimthe ?fli,,?:hta at the Ps1d 'itorlanding, the br)Mbe 37? a would taxy
via the 13 01.1 th ern ta-dwo-r E.:4,-;.ht control station, .,there the crew:t
were exhoanced. Aircraft :Irlyi3ed ut 11:10 and 5.240 Trt,, Tho
:m-ld To 24, 25 arid 26 were liantified cat type--27 pltmes rd tht.'1 rod
No 01 was ideatified on s, -3C plane.
Tho soldiete of the AIV. ow:t -sere quartered in low wooden of
the Gorman construcd.on headoartors *leLl,i.-1 of the western end of
s)uthern t.,...xiaay. Near thoel. buadiw,s eiht unligloorod AA
skiilar to the fonaer !,,,ermen -rmIAA gnmi were seen- (4)
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7. S.7...ar co obtained a blueprint 02 the Or. nal plan of the nec 7ior taxi-
way under construction at the field. By order of the soviet eonvAriac,t.!.!;),,
s aff, this new plan had to orate the followirc ea
a, Am additional 3...;-ille cec-in.: the ncrtnorri taxiway arTi vunwAy is t,:
be binit
b, TWenty,two instea6 of ee 20 hardstnd3 pre/iollRly. ??,reto
constructod.
3ource learned at the 74rman mnstruction bureau- that tha. quasiars
&mended that 20 more teiDbc-rw7r cr.darters be set up without cl;Aa-,..
7,p.m ON 13. 13 14-Z-bon:bars covered with tarpaulins pared.
in front of the flight'bontra station. in croups'of aT,4!.) plexes, ?
One plane was parked sepac!?4t&y, A biplane was parked On J.,ho oriion
of the tax1way. en the fol3lxi.m-days, source. observpd tiot dlo
of the. parked aircraft had, not ohatiged.
/* 0 . On 16.. 'Lay, firing a,t ar. oleeve -NR3 wgoticed. ,sith.. 3 or L.
mounted on tripods. Explosive. hullata were used. E ar these -cract:.'.i'..otn, 1:5)
'11 era vas no flying,. bilfwc ET:0p n. a5 nsy, when v, v?
started. The south .sida of t.h. rrulway 1:iaF "Alfa ted electtially?
oil lamps 50 to 100 mete ? aprt, ?ware obFerved Llcng the n';:xth 7iZle
rUnway. The jet h:' ck of trom west to cast, ?Twv
about 400 meters apIrt lennted r.let,.ors north .of the ? roTati41g at. t:10
.edge of d words, hte-woOd. 11.wh L the
stretch of the runway. "2.1.nz:;!i.rg aircraft, Aftev the I
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the two .8earchlights ww'e e'ej checi. bff... These,r,:,rohlht on fthe
border of ?Krausnick ms iv. .1,--perati,--,,K1 for a, shoe?, time before.*.ho '
ard landing of a plane, 'Zlia soarf:thIi.r:ht v'ould. switch of'f 'tts
n* fl a plane-wasleec r Td fl ?qrf, .oentinaed. unt.,L1 -
after midnic:htc,
10, There was no day fiTying on ri7ht 11yin hoLan after ft
? - Ito weather was Ver:T cool, One trufAt sac'. lui.,.1.71d vdtn, " ? .7
was observed coming. frbn the la duTp at about 3a. 2,A,
? Or the following mDrn.i.Y.1.5..,:, source learned fro7a a Soviet so.r.ltr7.:!-t: '50mtf.;.
had boon ? dropped aver tbo 6..off:thg the prect-yli.tif .
From 9 a i to 44'30 AR 21 --i!yba-30 jet borabo'.c
.red I:b.- 01 practiced f1-.7-j-if7?, Take--,offs by this piano
7n.(11;JA(2..is 1:17 arc-7, 7.1:37.' rr) ? ?
was observed, sTtet.:1 nftsr 87_30 Tane?,'
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.11oweveri night flyine was rather heavy on the two days mentioned. On ,
24 May, 18 jet borabers covered With tax?paains were observere in the
aircraft dispersal area . near the flight eontrol station.
11, The previously reported AA guns were fitted with pear-shaped muszle brakes-.
This indicatee that the gune observed had 4 caliber of 85 om, The set
located a short distance from the AAA empleoement was always covered with
a tarpaulin when observed by et urce,, four 37?mm AA guns we.ee deserved
about 100 meters north of this emplacement, The crews of t3esets lee
lived in lom wooden buildings nocrby. Source learned from an air force
soldier stationed at the field that aeother AAA battery of four tuns was
50c1 to 600 meters northeaet of the eastern end of the run4137,
12, On 15 :lay, source learmd frem. a Seviet lieutenant that mos:. tan,-
'at the field had a capacity of 4 cubicheters, JHowever, some obsolescent
tank trucks had a capacity of 3 eubie metere, (4,FY?
13, On 14, 15, and 16 ;lay, groups of 3 to 10 soldiers were contirnatusly
trucked to a deserted gravel -nit wleere firini!, with machine j" .-t3 VMS
practieed at an improvised reepo having a length- of thirty IT:eters. f.re e
the Uniforms and the ranks observed, -nource inferred that the ed.;:=ers
involved. were flight personnel,
Comments?
It is believed that the three , ,eureJ of airerPft representee the airetet
of the three squadrons of t1e-2 regisent? while -Pm type-30 e:eane which eee,
parked separately, probably eeJongeo to the regimental herplgeA;qx.re, f:oe,
also paragraph 8 of the p-eeeent report,
This plane presumably did no belong to the regiment stationed a
as the aircraft of this unit are ma-ked we-elusively by red numbers.,
A release of the air force eol-iiern previously stationed at this radio
installation by army soldiers elnect he explained, frog/ewe, source oe
not make it clear whether the nm eoldiere observed there -;,ero rac:7o
operators or guard personnel,
These eight AA guns -which ecoe7ding to paearaph 11 of the pree?.:t
had a caliber of 85 mm, wnre hipped from Perchir to -Irene. on 7
The guns beleeL;ed to an aeLly LA4 welt,.
It is believed that the, ammunition used for these firing pree Get. ee was
practice ammunition which die.f;ntegrat4s autoratically after a spe(If
titre of flight.
.According to available inforeation? too 85-= and one 37--mm AAA
batteries are available near the ic id,
These data on the capacity of tank truolts re4Tuire confirmat:.en.. If the
should prove to be corree,;, eceore on refueling procedures 7m1d
conclusions as to the feel c rrrin- capacity of jet bombers
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