AIRFIELDS OF STRACHOWICE AND MALBORK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010600170010-9
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG NC REFORM
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=0UNTPY Poland
UBJI`CT L.i.rfields of Strachowjce and Maibork
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emit stationed on the airfield The Polish unit
(Breslau - 510 06' N 17? 021 E). There is both a Polish and a Soviet
DATE DISTR. 12 Mar 52
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1. be Strachowice (Sch8ngarten) airfield is located about 9 km., west of Wro i a,-
is believed to form part of a Warsaw air regiment an is approximately
This squadron has 12 L1IG-9` ,, 4 YAK-15's and 5 PE-21s at its disposal. -
The Soviet unit consists of several officers and OR ksi!; they have 5 twin motor
::u's. and 2 other unidentified aircraft.
of-squadron strength. The squadron leader is Major (fnu) Lipskl. a Pole. 50X1 HUM
& All Polish pilots must, at the conclusion of a pr acti.ce alight, hand over
i,he distributor finger (ver. teilerf inner) of the distributor to the commandant
c I:" the airfield.
3. "he old airfield at I albork (Marienburg) in East Prussia has been substantially
enlarged during 19510 The airfield was extended by 2,000 meters in length
and 800 meters in width, The work was performed by the firm G.D.O. (Gdanska
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~. , Ill earthworks were completed by June 1951, and a concrete runway in the
rliddl.e of the airfield was then also approaching completion; the latter
s=uns at an angle slightly south of an east-west direction. Hangars were
wider construct ion. Their number and location are not known The construc-
'.:i.on was often inspected by a Russian co`? onel r,
his airfield was occupied by a4 Po'xi sh unit; 30 PE-2 bombers and a few
:L-2's were stationed there. Intensive practice flying was noted and
:aircraft were seen to take off and land on the completed portion of the
: ?unway?
on completing extensions of this airfield,, all personnel engaged on
his work would be transferred to Pruszcz-Gdansk (Praust) in order to build a
aew airfield at Pszczolki (5L? 10' N, 180 I2' Ii:)
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1. Commandant's office.
2. Hangar with a vaulted roof made of thin metal plate about 100 x 150 meters.
3. Corrugated iron hangar about 60 x 80 meters.
1 Corrugated iron hangar about 80 x 100 meters.
5, Corrugated iron hangars about 60 x 80 meters.
6, About 12 single-story barrack buildings.
7. Kitchen and canteen.
8. Portable radar set.
9. Shooting range for aircraft practice.
10. Railway siding.
11. Wall about 2 meters high.
1.2. Entrance to airfield and guard room.
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