COTTBUS AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014600210003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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TORO Cottbus .Airfield
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DATE PREPARED. 3 October 1052
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REMARKS-
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to About 5 p.m, on 9 August 1952, only one plane, probably an old Klea:mi with
an Argus rpe engine, was observed in front of an open hangar at Cottbua
airfield. (1) Io Russians were observed at the field. VP r n guarded the
installation. .ttex' 9 August? the K1er.m plane with a twc-man crew was
repeatedly observed aloft for abou 20 minutes each time. Between the
landti..ng and the net take--off, there was an interval of about 30 minutes.
the ','P detail arrived at the field, ?ediately
axter the 77i-is-sians had left. The Soviet aircraft had left during the
nights prior to the departure of the ,a ov-. et troops.
20 On 11 August, a trainer was parked on the land ng field. `:ere was no
flying on 114 and 2t August. On 30 August, hcrwover, a trai:raer made practice
flights over Cottbus.
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3. On 24 August, workmen were still repairing the tile roofs of the former
;Luftnachrichten Kaserns, north of the Cottbus-Burg road. (2)
ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPO,
The AA. gun emplace< ent along Cottbus-Dahljtz road was still unoccupied in 25X1
late August 1952. (3)
5. Vehicl. s parked in front of the collecting point for eapt y containers
and a red fire truck on lie August and trucks
on 19 Augusta On 24 4 ugust, no passengers or vohica41ar
a c was observed there. The air force sentry was stir; posted at the coUsct-
ing point. (li)
6. On 19 August, 2 radio trucks each irith 2 mast antennas each, 2.5 to 3 meters long,
1. tank truck and 1 ambulance were observed in ,front of the hangars of the fie:l do
Two Po-2s are? #r-'o other aircraft with radial engines without cowling vrern parked
on the landing field. (5)
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78 On 30 August, construction rvcrI; Was cotxpletod in a nevr block of
buildings east of the barracks installation at the field. The four new
billets Were painted white, VP ;ieri in ranks of six wore drilling on
the drill ;round of t ze new barracks area. (6)
that the VP unit .,Yhich was quartered in
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e new barracks buildings was cotm;tarded and trained by a Soviet colonel
(7)
In late August, new trucks arrived at the filed almost every day. On
29 Augustsatrain loaded with 28 ne: vehicle - P a ifif
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three-axle trucks withou opt- co superstructures and with rear dual
wheels, a:~rive.d. at the field. The drivers wore blue ins -tt-0 rank.,
On 30 August, three trucks.77777 1Rr- - 25X1
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10, On 25 August, 13 empty tr,1cks were dispatched from this 25X1
field to Doberlug-Kirchhain? On :trust, 3 loaded trucks and 3 jacks
arrived- at the field coming from atrausberg. On 1 September, a train
consisting of cars from Frankfurt/ Oder and x nigsdorf was observed in
Cottbus the train want r$o,,
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P. Between noon and 2+15 p.m. on 30 August, local flights were made by a
Ptwin-en ine plane wit), a single-rudder assembly This plane could not
be observed on the field after air activity was stopped. It was possibly
parked in a hangars.
12a On 30 Au;u,t,, the newly built brick buildings seemed to be occupied as
sTnoke rose from the -sr:tokestacks. (6) rig old buildings which were
previously occupied by Russians were being, repaired. They were scheduled
to be reoccupied already on 23 August. The fence which previously
extended outside the barracks area was moved. (8)
13. A new dump was established on the eastern ed, o of the at a r i -,ht
angle between the } urg highway and the railroad line. It was surrounded
by a fence and had sentry boxes on the four owners, (,)
1, 4, continued on the road northwest of the field toward the Burg high-
way. A vacated camp which was newly surrounded by a barbed ware fence
was located northwest of this rotid. (10)
15. On 30 August, 15 large gray box-like objects, each 6 to 7 meters long,
2 to 3 meters wide and 2 to 2.5 meters high, were stored in t.e northeastern
section of the landing field. (8)
16. After 26 Auk ust, traffic involving VP vehicles was intensified. On 26- Au,tust.
individual VP men wearing khaki shirts and trousers but no blcuses arrived at the field by streetcar coming, from * furt, 25X1
17. Shirr ents zrere centiruouslir observed
at Cottbus ra oa s-Oa i on.a were fitted 7itk loops on top
for, the .hocks of aloistjn,g Boars,
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19. On 2 and 3 8e e:, local fly in; was observed rat
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the occupation of the field b .,r itt ,,inns de c; eased
after 1 5 AuCtstf, iin ;.e about 20 VP mn, who ;,,'ere to be trai7'a.r .
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ussians, arrived at the field, (7)
Cara:*rats.
(1) It is believes: that this Aare is used for tratni.n ; purposes bn= the 3d
Air VP #e t (600/3) which is stationed at Cottbus ai.rfield~
(2) The .forger Lief nachrichtern Ilaserne was pr-eviotusly, ccecupied by the AA
unit stationed at the ieie",
(3) -,ince the transfer of the b0iber? regiment to Justerbo{ Altes Lager.,, ? he
hA unit also left Cottbus a:Lr fi,e ld u
(4) It is believed that packing iwteriel is -being stored at the collecti
point on the eastern edge of the field.
{ ) It is believed that these train rc are also used h;tr the 3d Air VP .Ret t
(600/3).
(6) It was previously, reported that tv - ~? -~; ,a .ld?n s are occupied
by M VT' pers ornel 25X1
(7) The A .r Vt' regiments are ro:ba t.--aired hr ;; ??, inst- t is
UTI'sno6?dri whether the Listruction ., ,., 4 u ~;; c ity of c t xN.and,
(8) In pars f api 25X1
was assumed ti;1 all the,
fighter re;i..t-m-ent Aiicn Aaaei; left -'arch:L t ?air ield in early Au,7ust is now
statiorrad at Cottbus airfield,., Since no l 0-l$s
have been observed in Cottbus. The aix,.raft: of'dt e it=rti formerly
stationed in Par him have not been obsoi\.ed since their departure fl zn
Parchim, It is believed that the aix?e g a ' t either 1: if t Eastern. 3ermany
or were ass.LLned to other regitnennts of tbao `l\ionti- ,Yurth -Air Ar&r
because, otherwise =;oul1 have e:"' e v'cd t~:em0 On the
other hand, the ::~, ~ which v e e:> c~ pat,eh . to Cottbus' via 25X1
Brest Litovsk and lFrar_kfar ?,~ eA and are nog' stored in Cottbus., were
auhich belongs to the '/ATB of the ' ghter r?e iment
previously s 'a ` .orne in Parchjn. ` heref orez 25X1
it is believed that this OAT' is now s to zones! al; C:.,tt us airfield so
that it can be expected that a f? r .. ~. .rer
~,~t -ail I W n..tivatoeid 25X1
(9) These r .otor vehicles i[eer e probably dispatched to a
Soviet Army heac'?quar rs in :Guars r"sdarx:,
(10) The i.rtended use of this ca.:, Is not k n o w n .
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