SKOPICE (CERKLJE) AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000500260005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 10, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
DATE: 25X1 A
INFO.
D1ST.'.L 3.9,-,April 1947
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SUBJECT Skopios (Cerkije) Airfield
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ORIGIN
The airfield at Skopiase (45?55? 15?32?9) was used as as emergency landing strip be-
fore April 194', and was enlarged by the Germans during the war,
Five kilometers west of the village of Bresice and appr.xi-
Lsoaoratiom mately 35 kilometers northwest of Zagreb, the field is
situated eight kilometers; west of the Bremice railroad road.
station and 600 meters north of the Ljubljana Zagreb
Field The field has a soft surface of ,called gravel and salad
with grass growing in it and is approximately 1000 meters
long and 700 motors wide.. It could easily be enlarged
to 2000 square meters. Other than mobile searchlights,
there is no illumination system.
Operations Tower A mobile former GAF operations tower is being used. No
radar facilities exist.
agars Construction of two concrete underground hangars was be-
gun during the war and is being completed by the Yugo- Two
slavs. These will aocoaodate 40 twin--eagilae bomberso
hangars on the surface of the field are of steel and wood
construction and have a total capacity of eight twiner
gins bombers.
POL Bunker Two steel tasks installed underground during the German
essupation.
The depot in in wooden barracks surrounded by barbed wire,
5 it uatsd near the Krka rivers and contains unreported
quantities of 200 kg hombs, rockets, and machine gun am!,-
Billets Acoemodate a total of 4000. Wholaever larger Air Force
units move to Skopios+a privets houses and imps are re-
quisitioned for officers aid orews:.
IIendcuerl:ers Situated in a one-story building, 30 motors is length and,
15 no-term in width.
Function under wartime somdi ions Skopice Airfield would be re-
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speasible for the area between Gras and Klagenfurt-
on 15 January 194r three FE-2's and two German built
JU-52's were standing on the fields
Three batteries on field, each with four 20ma Soviet
AA guns manned by a-total of 120 men-
The field has 90 max for guard duty, servicing, and
mainteaanceo All ailitary personnel at Skopioe be-
long to the let VOK in Zagreb.
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