1. MEZOETUR AIRFIELD AND AIR FORCE BARRACKS INSTALLATION 2. HUNGARIAN AIR FORCE UNIT IN TURKEVE

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COUNTRY
TOPIC
EVALUATION 1
Hungary
CLASSIFICATION'
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REPORT
1. ?dezoetur Airfield and Air Force Barracks Installation
2. Hungarian Air Force Unit in Turkeve
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DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED30 March 1955
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rThis is UNEVALUATED Information
of the airfield for landing, no jet aircraft ;ere observed in the
1. The airfield was located southwest of Mezoetur (4700 N/20 38 E), south
of the u:ezoetur-'fiszafoeldv r (4 6 59 N/ 20 15 E) highway, between the
railroad line and road leading from Nezoetur to Szarvae (46 52 N/20 34 E).
The field had a length of 3,500 to 4,000 meters from north.-northeast to
south-southwest and a width of 1,, 500 meters. Construction work was
started in the spring of 1952, apparently Mthout_notice, asT?i`
the growing seeds were rolled without :taarning._ The required
cons ruction material was transported on barges on the Berettyo 2i.v-er 25X1
to the southwestern section of IIE:adctur. From ;;here, the material was
transported on land to the construction site. Throu hout the year of
1952, about 500 workers, mostly forced laborers, were employed. A
portion of the :ezoetur- Szarvas railroad line was shifted farther to the
west to make room for the landing field. Although construction work was
not yet coml.leted in the spring of 1953, operations were started at the
field at that time. 2
2. The entrance to the field was at its northern side. The approach road
branched off from the Mezoetur-Ti.azafoeldvar highway. The field was
surrounded by level fields, individual farms, and trees to the east.
The Iezoetur-Szarvar highway ran along the eastern border. Two concrete
runways, one extending in N-S and: the other one in NE- SW direction,
were constructed at the field. They crossed approximately in their middle
sections. Six to 8 large buildings were seen in the northeastern section
of the field from the railroad line. There were no hangars. 3
3. During the last observation in June 1953, 8 canvas-covered single-engine
monoplanes were parked in the southWestern' cornex''of the field. Slightly
north of these aircraft. was a grin-engine plane,. apparently an old
transport. Although. beginning in the spring of 1953, single-jet
aircraft were repeatedly seen over ?iezoetur and flying. in the direction
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twin-engine transports over the field were
;astern section of the field in June 1953. Parachute jumps from old
seen several times- 0
a portion of the
"Kilian Gyoergy School for flying officers of the AIr force" from
Szolnok (47 10 N/ 20 11) was stationed at the field. 4
4. An old barracks installation was located 1 km,west of Mezoetur, along
the northern side of the road leading from Iezoetur to TiszafoeldvAr.
The installation was surrounded by a barbed-wire fence 2 meters high.
A Hungarian Air Force unit of about 400 men was quartered in the
barracks installation. The guardhouse at the entrance gate was occupied
by Hungarian Air Force soldiers wearing light blue service color and
a propeller with wings as insignia. Three 3.5-ton Csepel trucks and 3
jeeps were seen in the installation. A disassemble. single-engine
monoplane was observed along the northern edge of the yard, west of 5
the garage. Hungarian Air Force soldiers were engaged in assembly work.
5. The municipal football team of Turkeve (47 06 N/20 44 L) included five
Hungarian Air Force soldiers who wore ligh1blue uniforms and insignia
representing propeller with wings. These soldiers stated that they were
stationed in Turkeve. 6
1. [Cor_:inent. Previous re orts differ from the present report in
regard to the location of the airfield. The statements in this
present report however, are believed to be correct.
2. Comment. Previous information indicated that expansion work was
intended to be done at the field.
3.
Coanment. The correctness of this first information on the
presence of 2 concrete runways is doubted.
Cooment. It is stall believed that the field is occupied by a
flying school. It is doubted that the infomation on the landings by
single-jet aircraft is correct.. For location sketch of airfield, see
Annex.
Co:ament. The barracks installation was reported previously. It
is occupied by the personnel and students of the flying school. For
layout sketch of barracks installation, see Annex, sketch 2.
The information that Hungarian Air Force troops are
stationed in Turkeve was received previously.
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