ALT LOENNEWITZ AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002400610001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Alt Ioennevits air' e),d
The following, observations were made att. Alt-ioennevits airfield between 31 July
and 11 at 1953:
jig school children that parachutists Jumped from a 25X1
twin-engine aircraft near the field at-about 6 p.m. and that some of parachutists
had landed in the woods.
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,L There were .no firing practices at the Belgern training grounds
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made local flights. jhe weather was f air, e w s
Ar two G- each took off, assembled in formation and headed west,
n Individual -~ s 11 made local flight5tX1
There was a low ceiling.
A t Between 8:30 am. and noon, there was air-to-ground firing by g:?oups of
3 KiG-15s each at the Belgern training grounds. The MiGs approached from the south:
came down at an angle of about 45 degrees and fired 3 to 5 bursts, each at targets
which could not be observed, Weather was partly cloudy with intermittent rain,
Between 5:30 p.m. and 6a 30 p,m.' individual I1-10s.practiced flying and diving
over the field.
tt Between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Il-lOs practiced flying individually and in
elements of twos. There were gusty westerly winds.
At 10:30 a.m., a formation of 8 twin-eng:lne monoplanes approached the
fie ld and landed. The aircraft subsequently conduo~,ed formation flying in elements
.of twos until 4:50 p.m. 11-10s were also observed flying individuallyo 25X1
g&, There was no flying.
11 A.u,nmast.~ Between 7:30 a.m. and 2 p mg intensive flying by I1-10s;
formations of up to 12 aircraft were seen.
The weather was fair. ?l~t 12:30 p.m., '-
eng ne 6e ire parked outside the hangars, No MiG 15s were observed,
and no aircraft were parked in the area of the alert flight,
been shot down during firing; practices,,
2 Aat~. No flying was observed at the field..
u There was no flying in the mcarninge. rhe ceiling was low. Between 1 p.m.
and 5 p0m., individual flights by MG-15's were observed,
t Betwe en 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Il-lOs flow wide circles over the field;
HIiG.~15s flew individually and in elements of twos; and 2 twin-engine monoplanes
en 2:15 and 2:20 p.m.
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....~ One ground attack regiment, which is believed to be equipped with
Os: and the air transport regiment which had been stationed at Schoenefelid.
CLASSIFICATION
REPARE? 9 September 1953
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a1rfie'_ rni i 7 ust are stationed at Alt I,oennewitz airfield,, The
fiemer p.. ev .o:a->ey stutirned at .t It ioennowitz was transferred to
Brand airfield betueen 8 and 12 kuj.uust 1953
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