PIOTRKOW AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R000600190004-7
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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ns9 a ul"us stationed at the airfields includ .ng Medium 25X1
Bomber Regiment No., 29 the aircraft of the airfields such as the
IL=28 2 bomber (Butcher ; locations of the, Medium AAA Divisions radio and radar
stations., and. fuel and ammunition depots; railroad and road'' connections; and
limited general area information,
A I R X FBI AEC
to` n dis}ribution indicated by "X"; Field di ribution by
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INFORMATION REPORT
tUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Piotrkow Airfield
PLACE ACQUIRED
This material contains information meeting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited
by law.
19 October 1955
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFI
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Information
2, The report contains the following informationo a sketch of the airfield with
legend of installatio th
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1. Location
Piotrkow, Poland, lies southwest of Warsaw on the Czestochowa - Radomsko -
Piotrkow - Skierniewice - Warsaw line, and southeast of Lodz.
2. Location of airfield
The airfield is located 5 3/4 kilometers northeast of the Piotrkow
railroad station, 700 meters southeast of the Piotrkow - Tomaszow highway
and 2,000 meters from the church tower in Uezczyn. The airfield is rectangular,
with its long side running from northeast to southwest. It is 2,400 meters
long and 1,400 meters wide.
3.a=Runways (see No 1)
The field has two parallel concrete runways. They are 2,000 meters long
and 50 meters wide, running from northeast to southwest, 300 meters apart from
each other, and are located 550 meters from the north side and 500 meters
the south side of the field.
b.Taxiwa9
The taxiway is elliptical and encircles the airfield; it is'20_-meterg wide,
rolled; part o~ its west side has been asphalted."
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4. Units stationed at the airfield
Medium Bomber Regt No 2,
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AAA Battery with six 37-mm AA guns.
Signal Company
Radio Signal Platoon
Radar Platoon
Wire Signal Platoon
Supply Company (shops and medical service units)
2 bomber squadrons, each consisting of
Headquarters platoon,
3 flights, each consisting of
2 teams (2 planes each)
Airplane park: IL 28-2 bombers. [Butcher]
The plane has two jet engines, mounted under the
wings near the fuselage. The wings are swept back
at a 40 degree angle and are equipped with booster
rockets at their tips. The plane has a crew of 3 men,
i.e. pilot, navigator who is also the bombardier,
and a gunner.
The plane has the following equipment: Radar
, six 23-mm guns rigid guns
in the wings, 2 guns in the waist and 2 guns in the
tail). The tail guns are remote-controlled by the
gunner. Training exercises consisted of bombing
flights with four 250-kilogram training bombs.
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Only politically reliable personnel, w14* haft V C.
been tested by the
party cadre, may belong to this regiment. All officers and enlisted men
of this regiment are members of the PZPR.
Air Service Battalion
Guard Company
Signal Company
Maintenance Company (shops)
Transportation Company
Medium AAA Division.. (see No 9)
Located in the garrison complex of the airfield.
3 batteries, each battery has four 85-ma AA guns.
5.Buildings
Hangars
Two center hangars, each 120 x 80 meters, (see No 4,) center of
northwest side.
Two outer hangars, each 85 x 55 meters, (see No 5), center of northwest
side.
All four hangars are of reinforced concrete construction with brick
walls, flat roofs, anft sliding doors.
Two warehouses (see No 6)
Located at the southern half of the northii side. They are one-story
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35 x 15 meter brick structures. Fuel and lubricants are stored in the
northeast warehouse. Spare parts and spare motors are stored in the
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southern warehouse. West of the hangars, (see No 4) is a one-story
building.
Airfield guard and inspection officer (see No 7)
Airfield headquarters building (see No 8)
This building is a three-story building with a flat roof and is
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located in the western corner. In the center of the building is
the flight control tower.
Garrison ccomplex (see No 9)
The garrison buildings are located west of the center of the
northwest side, between the airfield and the Piotrkow - Tomassow
highway. The garrison buildings cover an area 400 x 300 meters and
consist of eight 60 x 20 meter, two-story buildings, two one-story
buildings, two groups of garages and two groups of depots.
58 "blast shelterjS (see No 3)
These are located along the entire southeast side. 30 airplane
dispersal stations are located in the forest. The dispersal
stations are surrounded by old beach trees and earth revetments.
6_ Fencing
The entire airfield is surrounded by barbed wire. The garrison, fuel
depot, and bomb depot have separate fences.
7. Radio, radar, and met $' i1oaical stag tion
Radio
An ultra-high-frequency installation is located in the headquarters
building (see No 8). The antenna is mounted on an iron frame on top
of the flight control tower. The antenna is concave and has a
diameter of 2 meters.
Radar (see No 12)
A permanent radar station is located in the southern corner of the
airfield. The station has two 3 x 3 meter parabola which are mounted on
an 8 to 10 meter high trellis mast on top of small concrete structures.
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Meteological station
None. itind socks are hung in front of the hangars and anemometers are
located on the roof of the hangars.
Fuel depot, (see No 13)
The central fuel depot is located northeast of the garrison complex
(see No 9.)
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It is located in the woods between the airfield and the Piotrkow -
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Tomaszow highway. The depot has its own road to the garrisons.
It covers an area of 180'meters by 80 meters and is surrounded by
barbed wire. The number of subterranean tanks is not known; however,
sand and gravel mounts (4 to 5 meters high),
with grassy ~ Fuel lines lead from the central
fuel depot to four fuel stations on the airfield (see No 14),-
2 between the southern half of the two runways and 2 between the
northern half'of.two runways. The fuel stations are covered with
concrete blocks. The cover must be removed to use the rubber fuel hose.
A munition
On the northeast side of the inner part of the garrison complex are
6 corrugated sheet metal ammunition barracks (see No 15). 1
munitions depot is located in the woods 300-meters southeast of
the center of the south side (see No 16).
4 wooden barracks and 2 concrete bunkers.
Medium bombs are reportedly stored here.
Barbed wire fencing [probably around the barracks and
bunkers.].
10. Electric Hower
Above-ground power lines 100 meters northwest of the Piotrkow - Tomaszow
highway bring the power to the field from the power plant in Piotrkow.
(see No 10) The branch circuit (see No 11) branches off [from the main
power line) roughly at the point where the highway branches off to the
garrison complex. Cable.
11, Road ,and A"JIMad connection
The Piotrkow - Tomaszow highway with its branch to the airfield runs
in a northwesterly direction along the north side of the field. The
branch from the highway is blocked by a barrier. There is no railroad
connection.
12. -Illumination
The highest peaks of trees lying in the take-off path tame illuminated.
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13. Legend to the sketch [not attached]
1. Concrete runways
2. P.axiway
3. Plane dispersal stations
4. Large hangars
5, small hangars
6. Depot ba-racks
7. Airfield guard
8. Airfield headquarters and flight control tower
9. Garrison complex
f10. Electrie power line
11. Brandh c.rcuit of the power line
12. Radar station
13. Central fuel depot
14. Fuel stations along runways
15. Ammunition depot
16. Central bomb and ammunition depot
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