AIR FORCE SCHOOLS INSTALLATIONS AND AIRCRAFT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY uSSR'(UJkrainian SSRp Molotov Oblast)/
Germany (Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Air Force Schools, Installations,
and Aircraft
PLACE ACQUIRED
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The VMATU (Voennoye Morskoye Aviatsionnoye Tekhnicheskoye Uchilishche ime25X1olo-
tova) was located on the corner of Komsomolskaya Ulitsa and another stree.-
Molotov, on the western side of the Kama River, directly across from the village,,
of Serednaya;Kurya located on the eastern bank of the Kama River. This school
consisted of one academic building and one dispensary building. The academic build.
ig, was a three-story, stucco-brick, L-shaped structure approximately 100 m long
on one end, 50 m long on the other and, 35 m wide, and 12 m high with a slightly
pitched roof of unknown material. The first floor of this-building contained the
class room workshops; on the second floor were class rooms, and the third floor
was utilized as a barracks for the students. The dispensary building was a tw(25X1
stbry, stucco-brick structure, 20 x 20 x 8 m with the same type roof. The firsT;
floor was the dispensar and the second floor was used as a class room.
the comman-
dant was Air Force General Major (fnu) TS'YRULEV, wh
Air Force headquarters in Moscow. General TSYRULEV
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In the entire school, there were approximately ten instructors (officers: captain
to lieutenant colonel), 20 assistant instructors (EM: all sergeants), ten administra-
tive personnel,'and 360 students. All the students were selected enlisted men, ad-
mitted by quota, who were required to have a minimum of seven years education. Prior
to World War Two, the course was of three ears, During World.War Two the course was
shortened to one or two ears
In either
case, i1 was a full two- or three-year course, Theoretical classroom training began in
September, and ended in June, From June to September,.the students participated in
practical training with some fleet, and upon graduation they received sergeant ratings
up to Starshina? every
phase of the maintenance and repair of seaplanes was covered. 25X1
The following people werE affiliated with the school:
Col. fnu SALO political officer
Maj. (fnu)-KUPTSEV, Medical Corps, doctor,
Fnu) IVANOV, civilian doctor,
ANNA (lnu
Ma (fnu) BELOV instructor of navi at'
Service medical personnel were not expected to acquire experience in as many armed
forces elements as possible, Once assigned to a branch and unit, they remained within
that branch unless it was absolutely necessary to transfer. However, transferring
was the exception rather than
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Only the personnel assigned to the Medical. Corps and Intendance Service served2inter6?
changeably and. with ground and air units only si al and
artillery troops were interchanged. When such d,
the personnel were interchanged, they wore
army uniform with their respective shoulder boards and piping,, Only on very rar occasions (in wartime) might personnel be interchanged with naval forces.
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VMVU imeni V0lotova, located in MM~alotovr trained technical personnel; 25X1
Kaohinakaye Aviatsionnoye Uohilishche9 located in Kach near Sevastopol; trained pi.,
lots, navi.gators9 and bombardierse,
Chkalovslcoye Aviatsionnoye Uchi1tshche9 located in Chkalov (N 40-56.9 E 44.39);
trained pilots., navigators, bombardiers, and technical personnel;
Kuybyshevskoye Aviatsionnoye Uohilishche9 located in Kuybyshev (N 53129 E 50-09);.
trained pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and technical personnel
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Ithere might be a bombing and firing
range in the waste land south of Kher a
W~urubins
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Both
~ielae n a ersan are usa an a r field and
theKherson
Airfield located at the northeast corner of Kherson, were being
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I heard from Air Force officers in Jueterbog that the USSR was
experimenting and endeavoring to design a wing for jet fighters
that would enable the pilot to change the relative angle of the
wing to the fuselage while in flight. On take-off, the wings
would be in the normal (usual) swept-back position and>upon
reaching the desired altitude, the pilot could mechanically
.increase the angle of sweep-bark.,
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Possible location of
firing range .
Overlay of Kherson (5910)
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Possible Location of,. 'iriag.. R ge Neer, aerson
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Rumored Adjustable Sarept .Ba&kWipg
Take-off,
climbing an
landing
position
Cruising position
for higher speeds
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