MILOVICE AIRFIELD

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• Publication Date: October 23, 1953
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Milovice Airfield
PLACE
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DATE
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DATE. OF INFORMATION
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
I. IDENTIFICATION DATA:
(Reference is made to Encl #1, this report, Pinpoint Location of
MILOVICE Airfield)
1.. MILOVICE Airfield.
2. UNIDENTIFIED ARMY BUILDINGS: These were one and two story
buildings constructed of green stuccoed brick (descriptions and
dimensions unknown) . approximately 12 tanks (Soviet 25X1
tanks, type unknown are n r
e Soldiers wore the CZECH green iini orms.with black shoulder
boards with metal tank insignia.
3. ROAD. ZBOZICKO to VLKAVA (50161=1477E), gravel, four
meters wide.
II. SITE LAYOUT:
(Reference is made to Enel #2, this report, Sketch 25X1
of MILOVICE Airfield (All dimensiQue are approximate unless otherwise
stated.)
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1. TAXI'STRIP. Concrete, constructed of concrete blocks
4 X 4 meters and 30 cm thick, level, 2800 m long east to west and
24 m wide north to south.
2. RUNWAY. Concrete, constructed in same manner as taxi
strip, 2880 X 80 meters. R u n w a y could be extended 1000 m to the
west. Three aircraft, wing to wing, were observed taking off in
formation. This was observed when planes took off for.a'CZECH .
celebration in which the Air Force participated. No approach or
runway lights.
3. GRASS AREA. Level, 800 X 80 meters. Two mobile radio
units (Refer to Encl #3, RC-1726) were observed in these areas
during flying activity.
U. TAXI STRIP. Concrete, 100 X 24 meters.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITIONS4 Permanent emplacements; dug
one meter below earth's surface with dirt piled along sides. Con-
tained one AA 20 or 21 mm gun with four barrels manned 24 hours
daily by eight Air Force personnel.
5. ROAD. MILOVICE to Airfield., concrete, 500 meters long,
4 meters wide, closed to all traffic.
6. RAILROAD TYPE GATES. Gates controlled by sentries (pt #7)
below.
7. GUARD SHACK;. Wooden, unpainted, 2 X 2 X 2 meters with a
tar-papered shed-type roof. One soldier in CZECH Army green' uniform
with black shoulder boards with metal tank insignia, guarded,gate
24 hrs daily armed with a CZECH 9 mm sub-machine gun.
8. ROAD. MILOVICE TO highway. Road closed to all traffic.
9. TAXI STRIP. Concrete, 50 X 12'meters wide that led to
Bore Sighting Range.
10. AIRCRAFT BORE SIGHTING RANGE. Earthen mound, 12 X 7 X 6
meters, slightly tapered toward '. n"Afli- WA axi within
30 meters of mound to fire guns, firing of 25X1
jet aircraft machine guns into paper targets three times during
March and April 1952.
11. HANGAR. Red brick, 100 X 40 X 15 with tar papered, shed-
type roof. Construction started in November 1951 and, when last
observed, was completed except for the north wall and other
interior work. Civilian and military personnel did the construction.
12. APRON. Concrete, 100 X X40 meters.
13. ROAD. Gravel road, four meters wide.
13'.A. TRANSFORMER STATION. One step-down transfomter 2 X 2
X 15 meters. Source of electricity unknown. 220 volts were used
for the lighting system and 380 volts for electrical motors.
14. UTILITIES BUILDING. One story, grey, wooden building 20 X
10 X 6 meters with a tar papered gable type roof. Contained a
carpenter shop with an electric planer, electric saw, boards and
other carpenter tools. It also contained a supply of chemical
fire extinguishers, shovels, rakes, brooms, electric bulbs and
other utility supplies. Civilians and military personnel were
employed in building.
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15. LAUNDRY BUILDING. Description same as pt #14 above.
Contained three small electric washing machines, two small
electric wringers and an unknown number of small electrio'irons.
The laundry service was for all personnel of the airfield.
Employed four civilian women.
16. OFFICER`.SAND NCO QUARTERS, Description same as pt
#14 above.
17. ROAD. Asphalt, five meters wide.
18. HIGHWAY. NOTE BENATKY (5017N-11450E) to STRAKY (501141- 25X1
1457E), asphalt and cobblestone And concrete, five meters wide.
Closed to civilian traffic.
20. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION..; Red brick, 50 X 45 meters.
Construction started in November 19;!51;.'.rod when last observed,
the walls we P ix meters high and was-still without a roof.
boilers being hauled into this building and L
it was to be a steam-
opera e c en. Last observation May 1952.
19. BUILDING. One story, wooden, treated with brown pre-.
servative, 8 X 6 X 5 m with a tar papered, gable-type roof. Use
of building unknown.
21. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Red brick, 50 X 12
meters built to a height of three meters. Construction started
in November 1951 and was still in progress at last observation in
May 1952. Work was done by military and civilian personnel.
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22. ROAD. Gravel, three meters wide.
23. POL STORAGE TANK CONSTRUCTION. SITE. Excavated round
hole ten meters in diameter and ten meters depth. Inside of hole
was lined with brick. Five steel tanks eight meters long and 70 cm.
in diameter were observed near the excavation. Construction
started in February 1952 and was still in progress in May 1952.
Work done by civilian and military personnel.
24. BUILDING. One story, grey, wooden building 30 X 10 X 5 25X1
meters with a tar-papered, low-pitched, gable-tyne roof. -
tained 20 steel barrels 150 liters
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two smalls four-Wheeled, hand-drawn carts.
25. SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION WAREHOUSE. White stuccoed brick,
4 X 4 X 2j meters with flat cement roof. An unknown mount. of 9.2-
mm gun and 7.35 pistol ammunition as well as grenades
were stored within.
26. ROAD. Gravel, 200 meters long and three meters wide.
Road branched from the highway (pt #18) into a wooded area which
consisted of pine trees 20-25 meters high. Road was closed to
civilian traffic.
27. AMMUNITION WAREHOUSE. On+ s.tory, grey, wooden building
30 X 10 X 6 meters with a tar-papered, low-pitched, gable-type
roof. It was used for storing 7.92 mm rifle ammunition, 25 kilo
and 250 kilo aircraft bombs (Reference is made to Encl #3 this
report). The bombs were crated in wooden boxes with two of the
smaller bombs and one large bomb to a box, packed separately.
These bombs were German-type left behind by the Nazis. They were
fight observed in February or March 1952 and were grey-green in
color. In March 1952, they were loaded and transported on a
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freight car in MILOVICE. The armorer (name unknown) of his unit,
Company Z, of the 14th Airfield Battalion, told SOURCE that they
were being taken to an unknown destination in MORAVIA for destruc-
tion. Three freight cars were loaded, 49 boxes to a car, for
shipment. Some bombs still remained in the warehouse. None of
the bombs were used at MILOVICE.
28. GUARD SHACK. Green, wooden, 1 X 1 X 2 meters with a
tar-papered, gable roof. One Air Force sentry armed with a 9 mm
submachine gun guarded and controlled gate (pt #29) 24 hours daily.
29.
WOODEN RAILROAD TYPE GATE. . Manually operated by guard.
30.
ROAD.
Gravel, 250 meters long and three meters wide.
31.
HANGAR.
Red brick, 100 X 40 X 15 meters with a tar-
papered, shed-type roof and corrugated tin, folding-type doors
across entire width of hangar front. It was used for housing
40 MIG-15 aircraft (unit designation of aircraft unknown) and for
light aircraft maintenance.
32. PHOTO WORKSHOP AND CLOTHING WAREHOUSE. One story, green,
stuccoed brick 40 X 10 X 6 meters with atar-papered, gable-type
roof. Contained one dark room and developing equipment as well as
a 35 mm Leica camera. The other part of the building was used for
storing Airmen uniforms.
33. OFFICER'S AND NCO QUARTERS. One story, green stuccoed
brick building 100 X 10 X 6 meters with a tar-papered, gable-
type roof and used by pilots and ?deohanics (unit designation
unknown) for sleeping quarters.
34. WOODEN FENCE. Unpainted wooden slats two meters high
with a five cm interval between slats,
35. OFFICER AND NCO FAMILY FURNISHED QUARTERS. Twa-story,
grey, stuccoed brick 30 X 20 X 12 meters with a grey tiled hipped
type roof. Number of apartment units unknown.
36. AIRMEN BILLETS. One story, grey-green and black camouflage-
colored stuccoed brick building 20 X 6 X 6 meters with a tar-papered,
gable-type roof. This building was connected by a wooden passage-
way 6 X 6 X 4 meters with a tar-papered, gable roof, to another
building, same type. These buildings contained sleeping facilities
and an orderly room for an unknown unit.
37. GATE. Wooden,' 3 X 2 meters.
38. WOODEN FENCE. Same as pt #34 above.
39. AIRMEN BILLETS. Same as Pt #36 above. Buildings con-
tained an orderly room and sleeping facilities for the airmen of
the 14th Airfield Battalion,
39 A. HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. One story, wooden 30 X 10 X
6 meters with a tar-papered, gable-type roof. Contained office for
the CO and his staff, political department, and other administra-
tive offices.
40. AIRMEN BILLETS. Description and dimensions same as pt
#36 above. Passageway connected to mess hall pt #41. Contained
an orderly room and sleeping facill-ties for the airmen of the
8th Fighter Regiment.
41. MESS HALL. Same as pt #40 above. Contained kitchen
and dining room for officers of 5th and 8th Fighter Regiment.
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X42. AIRMEN BILLETS. Description and dimensions same as
pt #36 above. Contained an orderly room and sleeping facilities
for the airmen of Company K of the 114th Airfield Battalion.
Company K was the transportation company.
43. DISPENSARY. Description and dimensions same as pt #36
above, Contained medical offices and bed aocomodations for
patients with minor illnesses.
1414. OFFICER FAMILY FURNISHED QUARTERS. Three story, grey
stuccoed brick 25 X 12 X 20 meters with a red-tiled, gable-type
roof.
MA. GUARD SHACK. Green, wooden, 1 X 1 X 2 meters with a
tar-papered, gable-type roof. One Air Force sentry armed with a
9 mm sub-machine gun guarded and controlled gate (pt #45). 24
hours daily.
45. WOODEN RAILROAD TYPE GATE.
146. BUILDING. One story, grey stuccoed brick, 50 X 10 X 6
meters with a red-tiled, gable-type roof,... was used as a shoe
repair shop, canteen, arms repair shop for repair of rifles,
light machine guns and submachine guns.,
47. BUILDING. Two story, grey stuccoed brick, 12 X 10 X:.12
meters with a red-tiled, gable-type roof. Contained kitchen and
dining room for officers and NCO9s as well as offices of the Trans-
portation Company of the 1st Airfield Battalion.
48. POL STATION. Grey, stueoo6d brick, building 4 X 2 X 2
meters with a tar-papered, flat roof. Contained two barrels, 200
liter capacity of automobile oil. Two electric POL pumps, one for
diesel oil (nafta) and the other for gasoline, were located two
meters west of the building. Exact location and the capacity of
the POL tanks unknown. The POL was. obtained and delivered from
the MILOVICE railroad station in the manner indicated under pt
#60, below.
149. AIRCRAFT PARTS WAREHOUSE. One story, grey, wooden
building 20 X 6 X 5 m with a tar-papered, gable-type roof. Con-
tained duraluminum propellers, empennages, various bearings,
gaskets, filters and other unknown miscellaneous parts for jets
and conventional type aircraft.
50. HANrAR.' Unpainted wooden building 30 X 15 X 7 meters
with a corrugated tin, gable-type roof. This was an old hangar
presumably built by the Germans and when last observed, it housed
two military piper cubs and six Praga RN type trucks.
51. AIRFIELD ROAD. Gravel, four meters, wide.
52. UNKNOWN TRAP DOOR. Steel, 50 X 50 em level with ground.
SOURCE assumed it to be used in conjuction with underground POL
tanks because it was constructed on the same order as door mentioned
in pt #60, below.
52A. WATER WORKS. Grey, stuccoed brick building 4 X 4 X 3
meters with a flat roof. Water was pumped by two electric pumps.
The water supply was thut Off daily during the summer months for
anywhere from one hour to a half day. Site or capacity of water
supply unknown.
53. AIRMEN MESS HALL. One story, camouflaged with white,
grey, black and green colors, stuccoed. brick building 30 X 20 X 7
meters with a red-tiled, gable-type roof. Contained kitchen and
dining room facilities for all airmen of MILOVICE Airfield.
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54. AIRMEN BILLETS. One story, grey, wooden building 30 X
10 X 5 meters with a tar-papered, gable-type roof. Contained an
orderly room and sleeping facilities for the airmen of the.18th
Airfield Battalion.
55. MOVIE THEATER. One story, grey, wooden building 50 X
15 X 6 meters with a tar-papered, gable-type roof.
56. PUMPING STATION AND UNDERGROUND POL TANKS. Green stuccoed
brick building X 3 X 3 meters with a flat cement roof with one
electric pump. Two tanks were buried underground with a steel
trap door 50 X 50 cm fastened to A square concrete shaft which
protruded 30 cm above ground level. This shaft contained two
pipes for-unloading oil products. 50,000 25X1
liters of elerix (jet fuel) was transferred into underground tanks
at one time. Pumps in building were used to pump elerix into
refueling trucks, 3000 liter capacity.;.... On occasions when there was
a great deal of flying activity, 25,0000 liters was transferred to
the tanks daily.
57. PUMPING STATION AND UNDERGROUND POL TANKS. Number,
dimensions and capacity of tanks unknown. The top of tanks were
eovered.with sod and dirt. This mound'was eight meters long, four
meters wide Wand one meter above ground. Pumping station consisted
of a green, cement building 14 X X 3 meters with a flat, tar-
papered roof and three electric pumps. No fuel trucks were ever
observed at this site.
58. CENTRAL HEATING PLANT AND GUARD BUILDING. One story,
green stuccoed brick building 60 X 12 X 10 meters with a tar-
papered, gable-type roof. Contained two low pressure steam
boilers for heating airfield buildings, 50 ton capacity coal bin,
sleeping quarters for 35 guards, guard commanders room and alert
guard room.' ,
59. HANGAR. Green stuccoed brick, building 40 X 12 X 10
meters with a black corrugated tin, shed-type roof and corru-
gated tin folding doors across entire south end of hangar.
Housed ten Praga-RN trucks.
59A. APRON. Concrete; 40 X 6 meters, used for parking
trucks.
60. UNDERGROUND POL TANKS. Three steel tanks, capacity and
dimensions unknown, with three steel trap doors, 50 X 50 em,
fastened to concrete shafts which protruded 30 cm above ground and
contained pipes for loading and unloading fuel. Elerix and avia-
tion gasoline was stored
-uneme s (pt #60) were feeder tanks and were connected by
underground pipes to the other POL tanks. The fuel was delivered
to these tanks by a railroad tank car which was hauled on a German
"Faun" trunk-trailer unit. This trailer unit consisted of ' a cab
and two trailerswith railroad tracks fastened to the beds of the
trailers. Between the two trailers was an extendable hitch, a
hitch which permitted the two trailers to be separated by a
distance greater than normal for the overall length of the two
trailers was long enough to transpok the'tank oar. Consequently,'
when the tank car was loaded on these trailers, the rear trailer
was held stationary while the front trailer was eased forward to
aooomodate the tank car on the two trailers and. to facilitate easier
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and. " wafer' tranatdrt' .ref the tank' . oar . to the airfield.
rand er..o . , 4 itors o oil
products wee ly during periods of heavy flying activity.
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61. GARAGE - AND AUTO WORKSHOP. Camouflage'' pain
brick building 50 X 10 X 6 meters with a tar-papered, shed-type
rciaf , One half of the building was used for housing ten passenger
cars and the other half was used as a workshop and for repair'. of autq-
mabilea and trucks of the lath Airfield Battalion. The workshop
contained a lathe, valve grinder, electric welder and other mis-
cellaneous machinery and tools.
62. FIRE STATION. One story, camouflage painted stuccoed
brick building 20 X 12 X 6 meters with a tar-papered, gable-type
roof. Contained two fire trucks, one Praga-RN and one German
truck. The P.raga-RN truck contained a tank divided into two
compartments: one with a 100 liter capacity for an unknown chemi-
cal and the other with a 2500 liter capacity for water. The German
truck, Henschel type, had only.a 3000 liter water capacity. Eight
firemen comprised of airmen were on 2k-hour duty. No special fire
fighting clothing was observed. This was an all purpose fire
fighting unit, crash and buildings. The building also contained
one German generator powered by a gasoline'motor for producing
electricity during emergencies.
63. HANGAR. Green, stuccoed brick building 100 X 4O.Xi.15.
meters with a tar-papered, shed-type roof and corrugated tin
folding doors across eaat width of hangar. Hangar housed 40. 1 2G
15ts and was used for light maintenance. Unit designation Of:;
65. TAXI STRIP. Constructed of concrete blocks 4 X 4 meter.s
and 30 cm thick; was 250 X 12 meters. .
66.. UNKNOWN TRAP DOOR, Same as pt #52 above. All padlocked.
aircraft unknown.
64. CHERRY TREE ORCHARD. 100 X 60 meters.
67. CONTROL TOTER. Three'story, green, stuccoed brick
building 8 X 8 X 20 meters. Upper five meters was constructed of
glass 6 X 6 and had a red painted tin, flat roof. On the roof was
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a straight metal antenna 3 meters long, an anemometer and an''
electric rotating beacon. Tower contained four unknown
radio
sets
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several orrices Which were restricted and contained a weather
station as well.
of darkness.
68. ANTENNA. Clothesline-type, strung between two wooden
posts 20 meters high and had three lead wires, one of which was:
extended to the glass dome of the tower (pt #67) and the other,
two were connected to the first and second floors of the tower,.
69. WEATHER INSTRUMENT BOX. White, wooden box 1 ra X 50, ',dm
X 50 cm with a tar-papered gable roof, mounted on four woOoen
posts two meters high, hourly checks of
ment during daylight hours and every two hours during the home
III. AIRFIELD INFORMATION.
1. Basic Airfield Information:
A. Name of Airfield - MIL4)VCCE
b. Alternate Name - BOZI DAR
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c. Country _ CZECHOSLOVAKIA
d. Coordinates 5014Nml455E
2. Location:
a. Two kilometers northeast of MILOVICE, one kilometer NORTH
of ZBOZICXO and one kilometer west of STRAKY.
b. One kilometer went of the VLKAVA Creek and one kilometer
west of the ZBOZICKO m VLKAVA road.
3. Dimensions:
Airfield was 2000 meters to north and south and 3500 meters
east to west and could be extended 500 meters to the south
and 1000 meters to the west.
b. Approximate :shape - Irregular shape
Sketches:
a. Inci #1, Pinpoint Location of NILOVICE Airfield
b. Intl #2, Sketch of MILOVICE Airfield
c. Incl #3s Sketch of 25 and 250 Kilogram
Bombs
d. Inc1 #k, Sketch of YAK-101
5. Runways and Surface:
a. Runways - One runway, east to west, 2800 X 80 meters. Refer
pt 2, Incl #2
b. Aprons - Two, refercn.ce to pts #12 and 59A, Intl #2, this
report.
Taxi strips m Three, refer to pts #l, #9s and #65, Intl
#2, this rpt.
Perimeter tracks o none.
c. Airfield Surface - Level grass surface with wooded area
in rirthern part.
d. Drainage - Airfield had a sandy base and water drained
rapidly into ground after heavy rains.
e. Field Elevation - 200 meters above sea level.
6. Aircraft Dispersal Points:
a. Hardstande - None
b. Revetments - None
Construction and Improvement:
Airfield surface - None
b. Runways -- None
c. Buildings --Hangar? (pt #11, incl #2),. buildings (pts
#20 and #21, incl 2)
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d. Technical Facilities - None
e. POI, Storage Tanks Excavation site (pt #23, enel #2)
Obstructions:
a, Hills None
b. Power lines - None
c. Trees 25 Meters high, 500 meters north of runway
d. Chimneys - None
e. Buildings - Residential, 20 meters high 200 meters.-north
and 15 meters high south of runway.
9. Technical Facilities:
a. Radio transmitter, masts (give frequency)': Radio, refer
to pt 67,, endl #2;'radio masts, refer to pts #67 and
#68, encl #2. Two mobile radio, units parked near runway
in grass area, refer to pt #3, encal #2, this report.
b. Telephone and Telegraph - Airfield switchboard was located
in wooded area north of airfield .
Majority of the buildings had dial e ep ones.
c. Weather Station - Refer to pt #67 and #69, Incl #2, this
report.
d. Electricity Transformer station, refer to pt #13A; gen-
erator unit for emergency electrical power, refer to pt #62,
encl #2.. During the spring months of 1952, electricity
was'shut off for one half to an hour twice weekly because
of a power shortage.
e. Signaling Devices and Other Landing Aide:
beacon light, refer to pt #67, encl #2, this report.
rockets, red,,green and white; red flare implied land-
ing prohibited to airborne aircraft and take-off.
permitted to aircraft ready to line up;, green flare
permitted landing; white flare ordered all aircraft
return to home base.
f. Aircraft capacity - 160 Jet Fighter aircraft. (MIG-15)
g. Repair Facilities - Light maintenance performed in hangars.
(pt #31 and pt #63, enel #2) and on taxi strip (pt #65,
enel #2).
10. Supply:
a. Fuel (types, delivery, storage, quantity, refueling methods)
Refer to pts #48, #56, #57 and #bO, enel #2, this report.
Employed elerix (jet fuel) and 95 octane for conventional
type aircraft, and ten Tatra-28 refueling trucks with 3000
liter capacity and motor driven pumps. Aircraft refudr ed
on taxi strip (pt 65).
b. Water - Refer to pt #52A, encl #2, this report.
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c . Weapon , .. ammunition and equipment - small arms for
the Aifiien were kept in racke.'in the' Airmen billets.
Afunitioi , refet' ti pts #25 and . #27, encl. #2, thi.e report.
No further information.
11. Buildings:
a. Hangars - Refer to pts #11, 31, 50, 59, and 63, end #2,
this report.
b. Workshops - Refer to..pts.#14, 32 and 61, enel #2, this
report.
c, Coahtro.l Tower - Refer to pt #67, encl 2, this report.
d. Billets - Refer to pts #16, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44
and 54, end #2.
e. Administration Refer to pt #39A, enal #2, this report.
f. Hospital - None
" g.
Aid station - Refer to pt #43, encl #2.
h.
Storage places - Refer to pts #25, 27 and 49, encl.#2..
i.
Other buildings - Refer to Encl #2, this.report.
-12.. Transportation facilities:
Railroad depot at MILOVICE and accessible by the MIL4VICE-
NOVE BENATKY road.
13. Administration and Personnel:
a. Authority - Military airfield and as of May..1952, was com-
manded by Staff Captain (fnU) STANGL, a pilot.. On 15 May
1952, Capt STANGL was transferred to LINE Airfield. His
replacement at MILOVICE or his new assignment at LINE was
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b. Personnel Strength - 300 officers, 1500 airmen and 20 civil-
ians up until May 1952 when the 5th and 8th Fighter Regi-
ments and the 14th and 18th.Airfield Battalions were trans-
ferred from MILOVICE to LINE Airfield. No further information.
c.Uniforms. insignia and equipment of troops, unit designation-
all Air Force personnel wore the CZECH 25X1
Air Force blue uniform with 'light blue shoulder boards and
a metal winged propellor on the shoulder boards. Also
observed soldiers in the CZECH Army green uniform during
the., period of April 1.951 to May 1952 who had been brought
to the airfield from a labor camp near MILOVICE to do the
construction work on the airfield.
d. Flying activity - Military flight training was performed
daily all year round except after an aircraft accident and
during bad weather.'A'll aircraft were grounded after an
accident for one or two days,; until the investigation had
been completed. Such.weather as rain, fog, and snow also
grounded all aircraft. Consequently, approximately .40 fly-
ing days were lost a year. From March 1951 to May 1952
two to three aircraft were observed flying during the hours
of daylight in V. trail and echelon formations. From 15
April to 9 May 1952, approximately 45 MIG-15 25X1
aircraft flying various numbers-of V box formations in
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Hight flying .Was performed in tie; .Arado C=2 " trainer; 'a dual
cockpit' trainer, 20 nights' a month . from-March ,1352.., to.,.-- ... .
May "1952. Only one aircraft-at a, time was observed flying
at night.
e. Training schools - None.
14'. Meteorological Data:
Flying was performed all year round except for days indicated
above.' It'snowed twice monthly during February and March 1952 but
did not.impede flying. The runway and taxi strips were kept clean
by one push type and one. pull type snow plow.
15. Defense Installations and Practices:
a. Anti-aircraft gun positions - Refer to pt #4, enel #2, this
report.
,b. Warning devices (frequency and national origin of radar)
No information.
e. Camouflage - Most buildings were painted a dark green or
camouflaged with white, green,grey and black colors.
d. Air Raid Shelters - None
16. Aircraft:
a. 78 to 80 MIG-15 aircraft as of May 1952, at which time they
were transferred to LINE Airfield. The first MIG-15
arrived at MILOVICE Airfield in September 1951 and later
arrived in groups of ten to twelve until a total:of 80 had
been reached in May 1952. There were also two dual cock-
pit MIG-15 trainers observed from September 1951:to May
1952.
b. 12 Arado C-2 trainers observed from March 1951 to May
1952.
c. AK-O1 fighter aircraft (refer to encl #4, this report,
Sketch,of YAK-101 Fighter Aircraft) were 25X1
at`this airfield in March 1951. By
August 1951, there were 35 YAK-1O1ts and in April 1952,
they were replaced by MIG-15's and were removed to an
unknown destination.
d. The Arado C-21s and the MIG-15's were transferred to LINE
Airfield on 15 May 1952 together with the personnel of
the 5th and 8th Fighter Regiments ad well as the personnel
of the 14th and 18th Airfield Battalions.
17. Miscellaneous:
a. Soviet Officers at MILOVICE Airfield:
From March 1951 to May 1952, there
were nine Soviet officers assigned to MILOV CE Airfield
,green work an dress uniform
they wore a dark
On occasion they. wore civilian during off-duty hours.
the highest ranking officer
was a Lieutenant Colonel and the group included one Maior
and one Captain.
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LY~A nod street
street the r~,ilread depot at
t and hotel unknown. No
further information.
b. Aircraft Accidents at NJILOVICE Airfield:
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one aircraft a
id
cc
en
t that occurred
in the spring of 1952. Aircraft involved was a MIG-15
piloted by Captain (fnu) CERVENKA of the 5th Fighter
Regiment. Cause of accident was not,knbwn Crash occurred
north of LYSA nad -1 5OE and t was billed.
the radio 25X1
Wya.rawrl was in radio contac w the pilot prior to
crash and the cause of'the accident could have been that
the pilot had blacked out,for the pilot failed to respond 25X1
to radio operator's instructions. No further information.
Enclosures:
1. Pinpoint Loa
2. 3.
4.
n of MILOVICE Airfield
Sketch of MILOVICE Airfield
Sketch of 25 and 250 Kilogram Bombs
Sketch of YAK-101 Jet Fighter Aircraft
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Overlay of GSGS U416 Sheet T-9 Prague
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Pinpoint Location of Milovice Airfield .
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CONFIDE TI.AL
Sketch of Milovice Airfield
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Sketch of YAK-101 Fighter.Aircraft
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