AIRCRAFT ENGINE PARTS FACTORY AT KRALJEVO, YUGOSLAVIA

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 22, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Aircraft Engine Parts Factory at
Kral jevo, Yugoslavia-;
PLACE
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DATE OF INF
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DATE DISTR. 18 MAY 1949
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North of Kraljevo, on the Kraljevo-Kragujevac railroad linefis an aircraft
engine farts factory, which is under the jurisdiction of the v'ugoslav
Ministry of National Defense. To the north of the factory, near the
Zapadna Morava River, is an airfield. This factory, which was built be-
tween 1932 and 1936, manufactured French Breguet aircraft before the second
world war. During the war the factory was expanded by the Germans and now
manufactures parts for "Ikarus" engines. Total production figures are not
known, but twice a month 15 carloads of finished parts are shipped by rail
to plants in Zemun and Novi 'sad where aircraft engines are assembled,*
The loading of railroad cars with parts is always supervised by a commission
sent from the Ministry of National Defense in Belgrade and every shipment
delivered to the commission is first inspected by the`factoryts production
chief, who is responsible for the total factory output. Until the Tito-
Cominform rift, the factory acquired raw materials from the Soviet Union.
Since that time, the factory has been supplied with some raw materials from
Czechoslovakia as well as native raw materials from the Zenica Steel Kill,
the KID Steel Combine (Kranjska Industrijska Druzba), and the Impol metal
plant at Slovenska Bistrica.
2. Near the factory are sev&ral one story brick buildings with tile roofs which
house factory workers. The dimensions of these buildings are 20 x 12 x 10
meters. The factory itself is surrounded by a wire fence two meters hi,
and is guarded by six sentry posts. The main building is of brick construe-
?tion and. has a glass roof', with the exception of that section over the final
inspection room which is tile, The building is 250 meters long, 158 meters
wide, and 10 meters high, and contains the following units, which are num-
bered.according to the attached map.
1. Administrative offices, director, assistant director and clerical
personnel.
2. Drafting office with 10 drafting tables,
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Model workshop with 35 bench-vises of German manufacture and 5 model
testing devices of Swiss make.
Machine shop with 50 bench-vises of German and Italian manufacture,
ins machines'of German manufacture, and 14 drilling machines
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Fraising workshop with 70 fraising machines (Fraesmaschinen)
of various dimensions which are of German, Italian and Swiss
manufacture.
Grinding workshop (Schleifwerkstaette) with 40 automatic
grinding lathes (Schleifbank) of German and Swiss manufacture.
7, Turning workshop,(H4ehwerkstaette) with 40 turning lathes
(Drehbank) of various dimensions, 32 of which are of German
and S4s origin and 8 were manufactured by the new Jugoslav
plant/Zeleznik. Semi-finished steel parts are heated in this
shoprand then sent to the grinders (Schleifer),
8.. Forge and welding shop with 20 bench-vises (Schraubstock),
5 steam-hammers,, 4 tool-sharpening machines, 10 horizontal
and vertical drilling machines, and 5 large welding apparatuses.
Parts are rough--shaped here. The electricians in this shop
install electrical equipment and maintain electric motors through-
out the factory,
9. Final inspection section which was formerly used for the assembly
of Breguet aircraft#is now used for the final inspection of finished
engine parts before storage.
Storage of raw materials, brick building wwith a tile roof,
dimensions 50 x 30 x 8 meters,
C. Storage of finished parts, brick building with a tile roof,
dimensions 70 x 40 x 8 meters
D. Transformer, brick building with a tile roof, dimensions
20 x 9 x 10 meters?
Garage, brick building with a tile roof, dimensions 70 x 20 x 8 meters,
F. Coke storage, brick building with a tile roof, dimensions
30 g 15 x 8 meters,
Guard house, brick building with a tile roof, dimensions
7 x 7 x 5 meters.
Machinery at this factory.isof German, Italian, Swiss, Czech, and Jugoslav
origin. The German machhneyws acquired in 1941 when the Germans expanded
the factory,and since the war as reparations. Italian machines were pur-
chased before the war. The Swiss and Czechoslovak machines were purchased
in 1945 and the Jugoslav machinery was acquired in 1948 from a new machine k
manufacturing plant in Zeleznik, which was completed in 1947. Electric
power is supplied to the factory by the power plant on the Ibar River,
The factory is equipped with both standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks,.
In addition the factory maintains 40 Chevrolet, MAN, and Dodge trucks? which
are painted green and marked on the radiator with a triangle, in the middle
of which is the letter "T",
4, The factory operates on a twenty-four hour basis with three work shifts.
Each shift is supervised by a special inspector and production director,
The factory employs a total of 600 workers, all of whom are craftsmen or former
students at the Military Trade School or the Army Technical Institute in
Kragujevac. Included in this total are sixty German PWts who are employed
as specialists and instructors. The leading personnel of the factory are:
Zarko GRBIC, director, a demobilized artillery Major who was formerly a
student at the Military Trade School of Kragujevac. His home is
in Stragari, Serbia,
Tl AatR OJCIC, assistant director-,from Trstenik near Kragujevac, Serbia,
Bosko MILIVOJEVIC, chief of production; caphain in the technical branch
of the artillery, born in 1914 at Stragari, Serbia,
Pavle RADONUIC, inspector of the first shift, from Niksic, and a graduate
of the Military Trade School at Kragujevac.
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Zika MARKOVIC, inspector of the second shift, from Cumic near
Kragujevac, and a graduate of the Military Trade School'at
Kragujevac,
Misko JUMBOLT, inspector of the third shift, from Banat, a graduate
of the Military Trade School at Kragujevac.
Svetozar DRAGOVIC, first shift production manager, a lieutenant in the
Army Reserves Corps, home in Trebinje, Herzegovina.
Janko KRAMER, second shift production manager, from Celje, and a graduate
of the Military Trade School at Kragujevac.
Momcilo MILOVOJEVIC, third shift production manager, from Desirnirovac
near Kragujevac, and a graduate of the Military Trade School at
Kragu. j evac
Vera JANKOVIC - "Proletarka", stenotypist, born in 1926 at Mataruska
Banja, an active war-time Partisan, has two fingers missing
on the left hand.
Momcilo MILENKOVIC, ehief of the fraising workshop, Communist born in
1916 at Cacak, of,medium stature.,
Radomir NEDELJKOVIC, chief of the grinding workshop, Communist, born in
1914 at Kraljevo.,
Tihornir R4DENKOVIC, chief of the turning workshop, aged 35.
Milos TUCAKOVIC, chief of the forge and welding shop, TUCAKOVIC is
described as forty years of age, of medium stature, sturdy,
dark complexion, dark-haired, able, a resolute enemy of the
present regime. He is allegedly under permanent surveillance
by the Communists,
Vlado +aEKIC, chief of the heating section,
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Gradimir GVOZDENOVIC, chief of factory militia, from Sarajevo,
Radomir JOJIG, deputy chief of factory militia, from Kalinovilk., Bosnia,
5. The factory militia, a unit of 22 men, is armed with Mauser rifles
The factory militia, a unit of 22 men, is armed with Mauser rifles and Beretta
pistols. The factory, the airfield; -and nearby barracks are also guarded by
a regiment of the 10th "Krajinska".,"8ikrisiorr with headquarters at Kragujevac~,
which is stationed nearby at Kralje'lo. ThI regiment is commanded by Major
Ivan ?ASLISEK, a Communist from Maribor, According to source any sabotage
action would be almost impossible, because each worker is thoroughly searched
when entering or leaving the factory premises. Although, workers are chosen
from the ranks of the most reliable Communists, they are allegedly dissatisfied
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