RUSSIAN AIR AND GROUND FORCE OB IN SAXONY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800910008-8
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 20, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Gerry (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Russian Air and Ground
Force 03 in Saxony
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la Anit (E1.41): Until 1947,. this airfield was not in use., In March 1948, the
partially-destroyed fuel tanks were reraired and refilled with 1,500 hectoli-
tore of r-asoline. On 1 i:v`r 1948, tl've constriction of a cerent runway was be?;un.
No Soviet Air Force units were based on the field as of June, but single planes
used the facilities frort -.fie to tire.
20 Gx ?3del (E-91) : The airfie lld here is also knoc7n as the "T_autewitz" field. In-
tensive construction work ',aG beam carried out during June 1948 by a crew of
172 Ger. an 'orkers under russian direction. An armmtun3tion depot is located on
the f'iold; aml,, toward the Ise 7inninrr, of ' ~ay 1948, between 600 and 800 aerial
bombs, ueig'.ing a arrox2r+.at:aly 500 km.. each, were delivered from the Flesa_ rail
dray station. Six tturin-r1ot)red bombers took on loads of bombs on 10 :'ay. Twelve
German 2tuzl1 dive-bombers sPere stationed at the GrBdel airfield c?urinr June 1948,
3. Dresdetr-Klotz2che (F-29)t Two turbo-jet fighters were reported to be stationed
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type, without a tail as_-ubly, and powered by two turbine engines.
(E..92): Accordit,' to an unconfirmed report, a lard number of twin-
motored planes was based an this airfield between 10 and 16 June 19480
5, Alt lAaW tz (-84): Await of Iet Planes Was based on this field during June
1948.
6. G ssen in (A-01) and (A-31): A squadron of heavy bombers is
distributed between these two airfields. Two other squadrons are stationed
in the vicinity of Berlin,
7, Dr2sde : Soviet Army uni`:s its Dresden carried the followrin? APO numbers during
June 1%8: 720423, 7203c2, and 737713. KomendaturY were a tab'! ished at the
follow-pin,; addresses:
City District (St: dtteil) Is a. Kronenstrasse, corner of `I ilderannstrasse
City District 2
b. Dippelsd Strasse, corn..- of Buchenholzatrasse
a. Nordallee (Grenadier-Kaserne)--central komen-
datYtra for Dresden-Neustadt
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b. Badebergerstrasse, corner of St gerstrasse
City District 3 a a. Langestrasse, corner of Stollestrasse
City District 4 s a. riollandstrasse' corner of Devrientstrasse
City District 5
City District 6
City District 7
b? Georgenstrasse-central I.onendatura for Dresden-
Alt stadt
s a. Naumnnstrasse, corner of Gautzsch-mg
a. SchoT enhauerstrasse
a. Dohnaerstrasse 157
So (E-71) s An amored unit equi i v ith approximately thirty heavy tanks
"larger than the G-rr+.an 'Tiger' tank" was stationed in Oschatz until 13 June
194k, tihen it departed in a westerly direction.
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