FINOW AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R005700190009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUP'TRY
I'AG ES _.._.
REMARKS - .____
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m.ENCLOSURES i~o? ~. n'?~~.:. ~ photo~rr~~hs
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14 hcrc: ~;~era crsf~ flights at the ~int~r (Tr'! ~;~/'
'~ U8) airfic~l vurztion o~' fliChts
~4xried froz:, 1;r.?o o ~~reu y~ ~?.~o rzinu~e~. .lost fliihts
~~~~?re local . i'h~; i'iold vas _~trictl.y ;uc~rdod but the
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;~a.LI: radial e~a.;;in~: ..~ in-line ~ ~k~ne il~e i:~orninL;
ni' 8 ;pril i~S~G , despit ~ 1"ht.~r-ground fob;. ~ ~.~
'J`he fi,,hters ~ ~ita3 in-line :~,:~ see.rsed to fly and
~lir~b fr,stc:r t;h:~:n those ~~,~it~~ r~tidi~..l engines. Un1y
~~ hose het fi~htQ.r:~ t~ith sv,-eptb~.cY 1?rin.;: ~,?;~:re flyizt~ A
it ~a~~s noticed that these planes h~->d tLr~} ~~a three
aYAal Slots abovq 1;he nose t~Jheoi flaps ~:i3 the riCht
ride of tho suselr~~,e . The number off' slots differed n
^~he t'usel~z%;e bulCed slightly aft of the clots, as
f Ar as approximately in line ti~.ith tho leAdiz~; ?d~;e
of the r,~inr;so (3~
14~.nes ti?~er:: used
d bord~:r chile
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ny ilia-h s pith ~'~-? e~en~;:~ne fi~,hters
ih~re ~?serr~ t~~
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30 'rhe i'ollo~~aira~ aircraft t?~:ero countr~d st tho
g field. on 8 ,:~~~ril 1~35G : .
25 ,~ et p:l~ neg t'~ ith sareptbac:~i ~?~in"s
~ tt~ro~seat het plr_~nes t:ith conventional
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a Individual. het planes t~~ith s~~eptback ~Arin~:~
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rnc.de local flights
^~as a li~l~t wind and rain and clouds 4~rare :Zo~r?
I'hoto~,raphs crate taken- of tiro het planes
str~ndin~; on th? ground. '~ The field was strict
ly fu~;rded o
ao The i'ield v?aas occupied by~ the f`olloti~?in~ p~_a~.?s
on ~ ~ including 1~ vrith camouf?.a~;e
3 ~e p
cover
s~.n~1e-~en~ine f i~;hters
3 bipl~.nes anal
1 tti~rin?~en~ine tran~port~ .,tion f?liht off'
Threo het planes r;2ac~e a sorr~Zr-.
about ~ minutes. .~rtcr 1:-~nu' ,~ tr~c airc~?a~'t
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m ~~hc status of t~h e radio inatall?:~~.tion. ~ ease ,~.
the: :i field Vr?j.s un.ch~n~cd. 'the st~:.tion had I'~oca.r
r~rasts :::nd ~. t?7oocien cabin in th? center, and
t~ru:s near the ,~'inotir~'u.??t estate . 't'he sin ;l.o
r~~?~.:~t h4~d b~;en ror~rovad.
aiC~ix;I'-C(;tdrl'Iit1lf U~:S ~~''ICI'".I~~.~ {~IILY
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^ '~ d The airfield was occupied by the follo~~~
3.rg pl c.nc s on 19 ;'~pr it 19 ~
~i~ het fighters
5C~ to 5~ sira~le-~o,nl;ine Ioti,7r~vin~ mono=~
pl r~r.~e s
l~ biplanes and
"~. 1?irge trQ27SpOrt a
".Where vr,~s much fly'in~; with ,het fighters
?~r~d sinry;~.e?eng3n? lowewing monoplanes.
Tl~e ~ 4t fighters flevr ix~ forz~c~tions of
u`~ to l~ planes, thQ flight time v~rgi~:3~;
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sc:e :iru7~~L~~ through 7 ?
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.; ;~"' ~~ro ~~ lg are Y'ak~lls. 'his ac~~
cc,unts .i?r tl~.e obsarved lotrar rs.te of
?r.~1p;~z?ed cr3th the Ys~~?3.
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~xa thy; oc:e p lion of the ^i.rf~.eld by ~~;t
r3~z~cr~1`t said eor..v~;ntional f`i~;hters n The
number of aircr~.ft indicates th:.t th4
f".old is sti7.:~. occupied by t~:Ta fighter
rogi~~cnt s ? i'hes photogrsphs t~:kan of tY~ e
~a:t ~~.t1.A~'S 02? t;ypE~ 1~ Srlot"1 t~lE.' '011.?~"a'~.Y?.,,~"~
syriking features:
poti~~ar plaxit ~ Vertical strut ixA air
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x+~uee1~.;e ~ .~~'1s~s on the side o.:' the
:~ usela:`;e, under the rudder
~~ssembly ~probablg suxil3eir;y~
.~ ?znding bra~ey
:'ings s~ sanding flays are e~ctenr~ed
dov~~xi~vard r.nd resrward.
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~'~ it unit - 1'iorizant~al rod to the re~.r.
~.n line zr~ith elevator a semlbl;~
~ Purpose of rod not lcno~vr~~~
.~~r~ent ~ `i`~~*o iA~eapons in sower sar,'rion
C)f Y1C31~. ..~ti~;ht t~eapon C~~e
:~ ~.rf~er caliber than left.
ereapon.
a?~case ~~rheel ~ ~'ossl.ble rotrtion b;~r 9Q c~a?
;;reel before retractin Q
'.the other ~~lane photo~;r~~hEd is a Yak~3.
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