SOVIET AIRFIELDS IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800470003-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 26, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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: Daberltz (Z65)
25X1 A On two YO-2, four YAK-3, and four IA- 5 aircraft were parked in
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hangars in the southern part of bdberitz airfield, There was
no air activity and little traffic on both the field and the connecting Berl.i.n--
thenow road The gasoline dump at the northern edge of the field has been
camouflaged with foliage.
2. Staaken (Z6 05)
Hangars, test stands, and other installations along the northeast side of the
25X1A field have been dismantled or destroyed Installations in the southeast have
not been changed. On four LA-5's were stand-Ing before hangars in that
area. There was no air ac vity or field traffic.
3, herder (Z53)
Hangars west of the field have been dismantled and their foundations destro ecL,
Two VO-2's were parked on the field, but there was no air activity on 25X1 A
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StraussYb (V15)
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ixty-three ?X-21 a -,were narked on the field, - Additional Hi-PI s in
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units and some parachute troops.
4, Oranienbt rA (Z67)
Approximately 6j PEE2's, with eni;inoa,, turrets and sensitive parts covered,
were parked along the canal south of the field on There was no air
activity? Only one hangar is being used, Barracks a ween the field and the
Berlinerstrasse are occupied in considerable strength by Soviet Air Force
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eta e is raining was in progress with twelve'PO-2'se six,anidentifighters and twelve tivinnengine aircraft on 4 June I! `tea No mention was made
of parachute troops?)
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No air activity noted at Straussberg when the field was visited on
wventyrthree DO 's were parked in front of the haangars0
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ars were estimated at about ti rty, h,.ring the observation
period there were continuous take , O f s arid landings by PE--2"s
sin;ly and in tru?ees,, Ten flat car:,, filled with scrap iron
from Soviet ;n rcraft,. were parked ne,;,- the ,erneuchen station..
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+raivan;~;lits at i,erneuchen with sip u,vo~s t t Q
Count: on another a- 25X1 X
a ars tNU L ? ' 5 _.
and five PO-- 2 E s
7. elzow (A")
Approximately twenty-five II; 2's were at t chow on 2 A
25X1 A There was no air activity as ' this f_ eld, which spa : lements
'Ile larger field at Cottbus,
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-a.s under guard and a double barbed M re re fence is under construe-
-ion., Source roughly estimates t "at the dump helca 900 bombs
with a diameter of 25 cm and 110 -3.20 era" ong, &%c 200 appro
matey l)o-160 cap '.Tong and 30--3i cm i> diameter. All were be
lioved. t:) be l1ve; not cement, '. onhs..
c. A reap of Cottbus airfield appears Is Attachment, I to tkxis
report,
a, The Cottbus field seemed abandoned when ,,ource visite, its
The field was empty and hangars ,,ere shut, Local
residents said, trowe'ver, that the hangars Cal =:.ained al.rcraft
and during the rd ght source, by dint of peer:hu through breaks
in the brickwor : of one hangar: (there are five in all), was
male to fliscem fourteen II21 s.,
~.., The wooded area west of the field eontaina b m ', d
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Sketch Map of Cottbus Airfield
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