ERFURT-BINDERSLEBEN AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1 1 I jet planes rade local individual training flights An fair weather.
Landings and take-offs were rode fror runway mats)'
1. From 10 Farc7O to 4 April 1953, eir activity was relatively light at Erfurt-
rindersleten airfield. On 20 'arch; source observed for the first time
24 jet fighters perked in the southern portion of the installation, Two
biplanes and a single-engine low-wing monoplane were also seen there.
2 Hear trigonometrical point 254 to the east of the field, source observed a ?
PKV-45 DF station and 50 to 60 netersEnuth.of it a radio installation with - -
one rest. There was no change in the status of. the radio installation sonth
of the Tindersleten-Erfurt highway. Source observed 4 x 37-mm guns at the AA
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3. Air activity observed at the field from 17 Narch through 1 April included:
:17 rarch. In the afternoon; a riG-15 towing an air sleeve was seen aloft.
,8 ?arch 19 g,n9.21trqrph. From 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., firing at a white
sleeve target towed by, s !'IG-15 was practiced. The tow plane flew circles
south of the town at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 meters. The sleeve was
10 meters long ard 1 rater in diameter and was attached to a rope about 60 me-
ters long. The attacking planes approached from the rear in such a way that
they were a'; the altitude of the target when they were about 1,500 neters dis-
tant from it an.C. fired five to eight rounds from a distance of about ar meters,
aubsequently, they turned to the right. Source observed that the tow pine took
off and landed vith attacked sleeve target.
larch. From 11:30 bon. to 5 p.m,, individual NiG-15s rade local trainin6
-lights. They look off at intervals of about five minutes, climbed to an
oltitude of 500(0 ,meters and then came down in a glide to land in the middle
of the landing field,
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21.11E914_ . At 10 a.m., a DC-3 landed. A riG-15 was observed prac-...
tieing -aerobatics. After noon, flying in formations of two and four
was rractieed.
26 March. No air activity was observed except for a DC-3 which
landed about 10 p.m.
27 Parch. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., air activity was observed as on
24 March. Firing at toyed air sleeves was also practiced)
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,9_128ar Air activity followed the usual paAern.
2.9...e.p.EILUsr1le. No air activity WSS observed.
Source stated that the landings and formation flights observed Et. the
field indicated a. high level of training reached by the pilots involved.
NO scramble take-offs have been observed- to date. .The p1n lnays
touched ground near the landing T end had a short stopping. distance.
On 19 Parch, source observed 14 /41G-15s parked in the southeastern corner
of the installation. Three disassembled MG-15s were seen further to
the west, fill the TAG45s. parked at the field were fitted with auxiliary
fuel tanks under the vings.1
4. Tents covering an area 15 meters square were seen at the south. side of
the fieldnear the, three disassembled M1G-15s. The assembly eV one of
these planes had apparently been completed, while the two others were
still being assembled. The tail assembly Was mounted by means of a he:Let:Inn
tackle on a tripod. The joint between the front and rear sections of the
fuselage was about 1.5 meters forward of the root of the. rudder aesembly,..
The fuselage of a MiG-15 was also seen at the installation/ It res!eed on.
its landing gear but was covered by tarpaulin. No aircraft crates were
obseeved. The. aesembly work tear the tents was being done by about .
12 men.
5. rotor vehicles regularly seen at the take-off point during air eetivity
included a. trailer looking like a Caravan; the vehicle was about 30 me-
ters long and had a. veranda-like ettachrent a similar vehicle some-
what mealier with three windows; a radio truck; six tank trucks and .
two jeeps.
6. On 19 March, source observed three additional tanks with a capacity of
50,000 liters each on wooden supports 50 meters south of the fuel dumpe
Aiming practices were observed at the AA gun emplacement. Prior to
22 March, the fence at the north side of the installation was nearing
completion, The guarding of the landing field had become stricter. Two
dug-in sentry stations were observed at the northern edae of the installae
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October 1952, source madephotographs of the field from the steeple of
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7. From 2 to 5 p.m. on 31 March, no air activity was observed at the fie)d-
The ceiling wes rather low. Source observed six YiC-15s parked near
flight control station. A total of 18 aircraft revetments the inner
walls of which were reinforced by stones were seen at the southern edge of
the field. Radio ii-illations availatle at the installation included a.
low frequency approach beacon, a PKV-45 DF station in the eastern exteen
sion of the runway and a radio truck mounting a Rus-II north of ths
house. The number of fuel tanks observed at the fuel durp in the. ee5te:e
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portion of the field had increased from five to nine, The tanks.'
rested. on concrete bases; and soldiers with red-bordered black
epaulets and three 37-mm guns were seen at the AAA emplacement. It
appeared that .the air force unit was mainly quartered in the build-
ings. south of the Eindersleben-Erfurt.highwav. Vella the buildings north
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1. ijlapment. It-was-reported previously that additional MiG-15s had
landed on 8 March at Erfurt-Eindersleben airfield where an elert flight
of the fighter division in Merseturg hed been statIoned prior to that
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'reliable source, the new MiG-15s belonged to a? regiment of the fighter
division from Grossehhain. It is unknown, why there olanes.moved to - ?
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Ilmtatl For panoramicephotogreph of the field, see Annex. The
wansmission of the Olnt,v!Trs114, wnq delelad, because the negatives had
to be obtained I. For sketch of the field, 26100A
3.I I Cot0 It appears that on 30.1areh only the alert flightvas
stationed at the field. According to a reliable source, the additional
MiG-15s which arrived on E March had again left for their here statim.
Attachments: Photograph of Airfield (Air-62 Army-3 0Cc-1, OCD/BR -2)
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GERMANY THURINGEN ERFURT (NR) 51 00 N II 02 E
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