STATUS OF UNOCCUPIED AIRFIELDS

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• Publication Date: February 3, 1953
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CLASSIFIC\TION
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INFORMATION REPORT cD No.
COUNM Fast 'Ger?+ ny
SUBJECT Status of Unoccupied Airfields
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Date of
Observation
in 1952
10 to 28 July
DATE DISTR. 3a ep~ xa 1953
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NO. OF ENCLS
LISTED BELOW)
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATI
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Fetween 10 .~.nd 13 July, ? key s here
leveling and grading the f .c:1 ci Pto'2T
tanportry buildings were uunder constr,,.ction
next to the old b-ailding:s alone t e south-
western edge of the field, 11Th o.tr activity
was observed. Petwoen 17 and 2~ Ju.y,
aircraft towing sleeve task e- su tocl off
from the fi.^1d. They were s~X! "or fl.`, min
firing practices. 1
2. Anklam 20 July The airfield was not occupied u::iti_1 20 July.
Cleaning of debris was nog.: in oc*re3 The
field was not off lJnite
3. Aschersleben 14 August The former factory airfield of thi -, J' : ke ^s
Plant north of the t~sc.,er. le ~en~i ? lslcberl
road was unoccupied. 7o activity w s observ_d
there. The field area was Wubdasi_ded and the
former airfield bui~dings were'occup_i.^d bb a
hone for aged people,
I3redow near 5 July
Nauen
No aircraft personnel were ohuerved -.t the
ai- J itld, The area had a thin a sS
The a>s was being mooed. c-nst rueti.,n
work was observed althoup-h the field was
of, f' limits.
1. Altengrabow-
Gross Luebars
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15 August There was no act, i. ;y at the airfield. 7o
1nd1ca.`.icns were
oi;-served.
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Obscrvati.on and .valuation .
10 and 16 No rovi_c-` unit va tationc.d at the
l` ^u'ust The l:,ndinr field was in nc d c,'an-11.V or:
The =moans cover was sho ?t; it w As oroba'.-ly
r razod by cattle. ',o ^ rti s ace runway
was observed. A dznp heap. ~.,.s in = he no;: t h-
wessern sec'?.icn of ye f' oid. he field
ccrders on h1Chway 'o 1(9 to the so ? ue it
and on a road to the ncrthc astb The only
hut. ding a rail ai:le ,,day the aid-ric..ld re ~azrant.
on the edge of the field which herders on
hirhwoy Rio 1x9. It was in roo l ccndition and
used as a home for apprentices, :nneteorclop7i--
cal station, appar..ntly unoccupied was on
the roof of the building-.
Daborn- 11 July -yo aircraft or personnel we:r, o?_sc?a ved at
Gahro the airfield. The field had a r?rass cover
which was in goo,-, c:-:ndition, There were
no indications that-, the field was being
used as t;asture land. Of the former buildings
only the concrete foundations still existed.
Three. concrete bunkers, a former an auni- ion
hunker and the debris of a f7cstro--ed bunker
trrcirc observed in the northe.:a exn corner of
the field? The coner?ote p-ari:in2? lane, aboa
5 x 3,;0 meters, i.n the northeastern corner
of the field and the concr?e';c lane in the
southern section of the field had TlareJ
crack's because of the effect. of the weather .
The same observation was mace r~_ardin.- a
concrete parking lane, al)o,it (i(J ere tcrs long,
with a 6O-mm ccncrete cover, in the eas4-ern
section of the field. The field aaa no:;
Guarded. No constriction work was obse--ved undor
corls-`raction. Three eliders, i ne1ud-i.n a
:leihe t jne plane, t'ere identi.f L d The ?14_de:c:
took off by mean~ss, of a cable .:inch fit . d on
the truck.
17? Leipzig,- lU September The airfield. was not occupiec',v At 3 p,.r
Mockau a t13in-engine commercial- pl,,Lr e wit, a
Czechoslovakian nat` zonal emblem was par,hed
at the fie'dn The field was used try coin--iercial
planes only during the Leipzig Pair. Th.e
landing; field had a short r,rass cove. ? war .ich
was in poor coned tion o s.i r'n boated rith
the inscriptin:i "i:cf? was oh erved at t be
r.ix?field res+.aur~ t which ti?rs in rood cenci1t1
!`1o construction work was antler way 3 To radio
installations were observed at the .r:i_e1d or
beyond the field border a T e field was not
guarded by 'oti .et soldiers or JP nee
t
16. :%eux - 'Zaache 25 September
es-`abl fished by order of the .>LDO 1i3
association was ctn.:irged with. par'!-:ral.it:lry
fliit training of G46 man youth i.nvolvin
glider and conventional aizrcraf t.I
an Athletic and Technical As ociaticri w. is
19. Oscherslel'er=. 22 Sep tenber ~ The airfield no ?th of the :,sche rslei e -
1, ar:zl.ehen road indar c stiTp t t'~^ A
thrashing machine was o?rr:of-vred at the '-.eld-
It was not observed that r,, n!ay n-ats a l
arrived at the .field?
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Date of
Ob.t ervati on
'.n 1952
Observation and vale ~" .1 on
20. 'arou 28 July Up to 2% July., no inform-ticn . ,. e '].6'"er?
on a scheduler? rr.car?st,ir,Y.icn o." the
airfield..
2lo Platen 2 l,u -us t The landing fie-16 to still L'r7r, e"'
cultivaticn. The debris of th , fo ,"Er
hanpars.werc not r enoved. :order p ol.ic
were quartered in the buildings at the
intersection of the roads to ~'i .:ten,
Syrau and Elsterberr
22 r Recr~ lin- 17 Jul, to 11o chance: were observed at t? ?i'^fi e1_d
P.og enthin 13 au^~~.st There were no indications of an intended
occupation .
21, Redl:i.n :1tx?;tat Alternate airfields were observed so?ith
of Redlin, xist west of the Pd d in-: ? er_
nitZ road northeast of 1 e'lkc~# , Althoui.g,11
the fields t/6 m incecnp i.ed. r raw were off
limits for the farmers
2h SChl`eudlt,Z Septe"!1ter The eir.TZeld was not 1o
rec onr ". i olliM work' was in 1?-ogr' eS s .
25, Schkeuditz ll. S pt,e.:l er Ho personnel or aii7 azft we _ e rationed at
the field. The 1a.n3i . i.iE was covered.
with r s t:. to )t m hi h~ T'l e four-story
building with a tet er was sl , _ ZU. d..uinaged
and unoccup?eli. Jc reconditi" nin' work was
observed at t e field.
26. Senftenberr- 11 July 'do aircraft or personnel were 8+ationEd at
the field. I1 road. lined by wooden ;woics
extended across the field Is.-P4 e,3p,,ratecd
into two pert:oris-, Thee la~ad-i.en `'ield had
a well kept grass cover, except for the
corner sort west of the road. ".?o b"1ild_;_n'?s
were observed, The debris of t*o temporary
bo.i ld._ngs was seer. in the rort.h-:?res ter? corner'
of the field. fio innards were otlenre~i at the
field.
2 tembcr Local residents fro: Treiib n :Mated hat
`_7. Trek,bin-
choE;nha; en the Ali:er school r1. Schoer,l -eat !z!-))I d be
rFccnst,ruc ted,, 1 DJ no,r-sonne,!- sere al'.'nedly
trained by Cerman i? stmicthrfi.' Glider tr~~ irj-_?:-
d rVi ,.e takeoffs Arid ' owanp on
e
ncl r,
winches. r-i iders v ro'` ? e:m e zseda.
The nerscrs train' d al.l e;4d" ad to 'e FDJ
rre:ibers for at lean' two ,`tn.rc! before i e.inrr
a&nittod to a Cl:i.der coarse. Ti, freouor.tly
harpenc r'. tha- mie:,lw from _tvc at e i l -.e
countri.es visited the field
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in 1952
Airfield
Date of
Observation
Observation and Evaluation.
2.80 ~.artin 210 !august i.,n 20 Auzas't, a f wrmer said at,
buildings of a former gl ider school, >c-a?t,ec
2.5 km west of Y-.artin, south of .ria:i uli.ation
point 74, were. bt in,; used as farm hc,I rises.
Wartin is 21 kr west of Greiferihagcz.,,Oder
,he fan%ers had to leave these b ,a {' ..n< ~~ by
January 195", because a i,UOe::' schOo was to
be reestablished there.
i , s
is*nar Ju;,r No eons*r+zct~~.=- or rlistl;n", ttio.a :rw,>
being done at the : it fiold. The nc+rt%"ern
half of the field ?as still bein u6;--d b,.,,,
the F.ussiais as a ~roop trainin a s E _'.d 11;e
holders of allotment' Fa c'ens who w:erc: ordc: ^o.d
to leave ther'ens i.r the fall 4 ? 7.951 y
still cultivated them in 1152.
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30, Wismar : .rly Pu ust
stave?ring eras in prole-re3s ". e
field in early lius-ust.
31a Zwickau 16 September The airfield wa unoccu-pied, CatIli rras::d
on the -x?ass covered landing field, portion
of the former airfield y.,a,,,s was, tt'*ler
cultivation,. W7-2- the for er b a z'? 3; n were
demolished. Scrap being s 1lta C. from
the debris in the northe s tern section of
the field? Four tori:ers were otse:_ v1; the-m.
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1 ~ o rnent o I lten, r abow-Gross Luebars airfield is b. rig used as a l ar d4,9
field for courier and trainer aircraft which are employed in cc rincc i,-i,oz~ ',-i ~},
maneuvers by Soviet f1r.ny units. It is known that, %j', unite of -=hho:oviet rat
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flaring with live a::: .nition at airborne targets.
For sketch of Dabern-Ga ro air,ficld, sec; Annex. it is not !'i ovxn
Fre the parachutists came from. Fins tcr aide airfield is the nearest ai.r1 el:?.
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which is occupied by a Soviet air ujni.ta
34 Coi&ient, Fin^'4 worth airfield as also occupies' by T&.2s arsine"?; the ,_a*.ie
period *Ln 195TO It is poss:i.ble that the occupe' ion is connected with Vic f .1
maneuvers of the Soviet r y as a Soviet lir,Zr headquarters is s ationed, in bers-
walrie v It may also be possible that a ?t:ra s ning; detachment of -1,1-o fighter rc . mint
fre Fino r was located there, provided t-ha{ ni. "vial ='}~ 1.ot training has beer star t, .,d
at this rcryir o:nt.
~l L - 1entQ 1'~ V" border rut i Toad _}arters is me bly stationed at
zav~. ~E l:? ,;?Ci7~
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5. or ent Laucha airfield which is about 25 km west-southwest of.