ALT LOENNEWITZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600530012-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

CONFIDENTIAL RETURN TO C!A
Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82 ffl tV056005300
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EVALUATION B-3 PLACE OBTAINED
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DATE OF CONTEN_r-y
DATE OBTAi ED DATE PREPARED 17 , ul 2:1950
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1, The jet fi hters with fuselage stLpso which were stationed
at the stilt L,ccnnewitz (N 52/:5~ 84) airfield, had no wire -grid
on the air intake., but the aperture was divided by a horizontal
partitions After a fiyin ; interruption of about 10 minutes
the engines were started aGa:n and a s&nCin, noise of medium vuc+ur
vai't the sound or rhytl micaL scx?oees was iieara at first4 The not cep
which was not that of a two-cylinder Gasoline en l.ne, was pos-
sibly produced by an electric ctr~rter o l)e at s n ; a priming
, about 60 seconds the noise diminished to
pump. rl,fter runuing
a Lxur,lin(; sound which swelled to a deep-pitches roar,
2. The procedure for the initial starting of the jet planes with
fusela;;a step was not observed o The procedure for starting jet
planes with swept back wines was also not observed.
jot lanes. wee =rorn observations it
appears certain thnt a a arter is installed in type 16 jet
planes- The starter is probably activated by an aircraft bat-
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Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
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