BRAND AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013200120006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTE
DATE OBTAU'
REFERENCES
Between 7 and 27 '.ay, al?l. incoming and outroing, railroad s iipments wer ob-
served at Brand air."iccl d a
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F, 'T'ay,, One SS-tye car with 350 wooden poles, 8?5 meters long,om
riecu c. e Handel szentrale, dispatched from Kroubrueh railroad station,
b. kn south of Y iebenwalde, unloaded by E III wearing red-bordered black.
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0 Maya One .,s.. e car with 350 wooden Iaoles, 8.5 meters long, from Deutsche
.bordered 'black epaulets.
a,, incoming, g Shipments.
T7a?i7q 5ix~ta cars from Veito ' ? ' SS-- e car with 350 wooden poles.,
, irAeters long,, cansigne '~ unloaded by Ia;i vrearin:Y red- 50X1-HUM
bore stamps
n Tszentrale, dispatched from Kreuzbruch station, unloaded b,,r IQ!
DATE PREPARED.__ L Juz{e, -.2 2
wearing red bordered black epaulets,- The shinninnr labels of 6 and 9 I? ay
u cpatched by Unit
11 r".ay. One gondola car with boards from Unit dispatched from
C thus to Unit
13 T:Tay0 Seven railroad tank. cars from Riesa harbor, Un
0- T."aj7; One gondola car with 3 meter long round poles, fro.:: Deutsche
W& del.szentrale in Niemegk, Zauchh-Belzig district, to Fed AM r.
22 May. Six flatca x 37-roan -A ?-Uns f ors l uerstenwralde/Spree,
to Unit (2) One, boxcar with
escorting personne s_ and ,gee. . es 2 to 0 cry high and 50 to 60 c'n
wide, length unidentified o the braes contained AA i
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23 May. Seven railroad cars from Riesa '-arbor to Unit
fs i~arm One boxcar with rounded 'tiraber, 3 meters longs from 1a harbor, Unit
J ne r our boxcars with furniture frog Fall;.e
E ut}'oirk 3hi,: onbs,
!'ay,, One 1' ctcar S li;i1 sideracks iron :,.rand to Ju' terl-o' A. ter,
stood on the front sec Lion and l crate on the rear sectio- l
' he car- the space between, al-out I meter vide, 1'ias loaded .:1 h a 1.0;: E:
:.'ound device 'ed v ith a vari au? ino he load was behaved 4a ?`? a 50X1-HUM
F?o2'ier plant. ,
22 ?a y One boxcar .LroTi Tuer stern'ralde, Unit a; C~ 3rl:::E.'j'Si:i 7 ?s -? 50X1 -HUM
aura, Chei n;.itz railroad subdistrict, for Unit
1. E'0 to 100 carloads iii t?! Ce''ient, ,"ravel, broken scones' and Ci[1" TIT' :
arrived almost e-ajJy for t':"#' cons trneticn mina, er ent. o and a hal mill .on
o ' brick were also ox"ec tod o (n 147) June, 10, boxcars 1.')ith brick clinkers
on the spur tr.icl:. The rounded tlsiber which, had arrived 'in "qv) ' `[7as
stored on the railroad yard.
wa is?ei~..i~'zodnr? r"11 travel orders for -v,,ho wore -~:?~.t.r~c?t;~?-.,
/~ e!11y~sS 'y a ~1o,.'der ed. ~1-,:~~ Vii l e L F;a ula s e
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4n t:tU .i!').l..lfD'irl!:- c`1V1:7 ~i,n Y3.~C:! 't?S ~''iC'Y'E" L7 +:ic$'?rE-'C15
f~;older bade e with red star and :.iom );
t-Olden badr e with red star and Crosses
;:olden hnd `e i'cith red
,or,,ed near the 17 'et bombers on the dist_fyrsal area:. 50X1-HUM
Previ ousl, ,r
sixth plane helonf-ed to this ~~rou+.~, On `; June u .-p to
,.'"..g no air act,ivi',,r was observed. $;oventeen aircraft covered -uiH:.!1 teienu
Lth were parkecd on the disper real area. Between 5:i15 a.m. .nd about 6 n ,- on
13 June, individual tithe-offs ware continuously obsarvod;> C;ne t;s^ e-y;O et
Uoi-2,-,er and 16 tyw(e.-2 7 let aircraft were partied on the dispersal arc`^s.. in 121
dune upto 1:.-',0 pc?:?., there was no flyin,? it was rairlin;.'; iZ'fi~'71'1,>
11, On a June, !between 11:30 and 5:30 pan., the extension o" t 11 e Cris ors ; r "'?cl
i'.=.15 P:?e in,' urve~,'T C;G by on ?rs t' `~ ~ , +he gee r.o ie-t tal '?"- ctn -:~s50X1-HUM
I. n :tc ? ,:ere controlled ~ v . >
Construction :"1ori: on tli . dispersal area started on / June. _]. car th s r assort,
t. ,,e aircraft -were parked closer to e th.or on the we. tern section of ike
al area. he eastern aircraft rrour, consis tint' O;`.' L'' e pl; nos 50X1 -HUM
had cllt nrod their arraw.,onent,
:x_20 It appeared that new sir personnel had arrived in earlr June CC 6 Jiane, Colo-
nel Zaldatov (fnu), conraandinfr office.: of the field was still c'~ser ed?
13. Fire truck
:Leavinf,- th
and the foil owin ? trucks were observed enteri
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14. On 5 June, no air activity was observed at the field. 'Lt 6 17 tr .:;-t''
:jet 3:on?1,ei's and 1 type-30 jet bomber, all w thou' auxiliary fuel tanks, e re
-:Irked in line with the f lic^ht control station. The planes were arran:r-ad as
e}llows from west to east: 6 tyre ' e-2 s and iJ ee.2'`s
1]. a.m. on (I June, . one type-27 landed at the ` Lr let, 50X1-HUM
enmin}"' Iron the east. i,o Iir.acti was o sere on 7 June At abeu, C.
.,lr,e.
16 'type-27 jet bombers r and 1 t;, e-30 were perked u on the d ispereal area irf
the olloi'Jin '" Arran;~enent from west to eaatt 7 tV(o 2 7 :gig i. typeu-30 ayl
-t -pe-27s. At 3 p.m. on 11 June, 7 type-271s, 1 type-30 and 10 t t;=e 2'r s 4v .re
parked on the dispersal" area.
1 5~ About 41 p.m. on 7 June, t AA funs of about `;0 r:tSn- caliber were unloaded t
?'and railroad atation..
A northwestern tax!-.ray was Lender construction from the east end of the _:'un;tway,
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st rir at out 20 meters wide i
out 200 meters 1onp was concreted ')-,ether
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oe:cavaticn work was under wale.
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17. During? the precedinr da,rs, between rausnic1: and ulie air- 50X1-HUM
ield 20 officers ran.-in- from suz'b-lieutenant to senior :lieutenant
were not acr-tuainted with the area, /.11 o them were about 23 'rents Ol('
U .n 11 the oasts of the ._'o,._ .
r nast radio iru tallaticn eas?. of the at end of the ri..nvwa;r were
`. e tent and radio true : ere still at their r~rev3.o;,:; looeti cr 0
(1)
(2) ~reviousl;v-, only one 37-nrx Al battery in addition to 35,rma i\
5ervrd at the field,
t ur_s were Co-
(3) :.old atof (fnu) is colonel and cop.randin ; officer r,. ? the or ^ cr r e^ ip^
(5)
` lie Load may be an flow erv. i.ne? o This, =-_"e of loacd iur vl&
os ,ibie since Juei er',,o-, which is the destination the s",jnrl
ar away.
Accordi.nr to previous infor.matior_, the golden had "es are apna.rent.l.y
iir per onnel and the s vet badges by technical peroonnele The