BRANDENBURG-ARADO AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY,.''ast Germany
TOPIC nrandenburg-Lrado Airfield Y
EVALUATION see below PLACE OBTAINED,
DATE OF CONTENT.
5 iKTE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
REPORT
RED-
24 "?ovember 1952
PAGES 9 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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The following rail shipments for the Soviet Air Force in Brandenburg
bate
AaakWF P'Relfease'ZDU3N87'Ia?it IAk-'RDEP
8 July to 10 October 1952
Shipren is
8 to 31 Ju3y 7 flatcars loaded with
bunkers
6 tank cars
cars
6 tank cars
cars
2 tank cars
cars
and 4 box-
and 4 box-
aril It box
8 September 3 boxcars with military
goods
10 September 9 boxcars with military
goods
28 September !t boxcars with military
goods
2 October 7 boxcars with personr:el
3 flatcars with trucks
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CLASSIFICATION
Brandenburg- oorneuchen
Altstadt
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2q The followjn; observations were made at the field between 23 ru"'ust
and 10 October:
23 August. abort 53 IL-10s with red vnpor edges on -,hne:ir ru 3der
nsse*'t , es were parked on the ea stern ode of the field. T ere was
no air activity throw, :iout the cal- because of rain ar_d poor visibility,
2 A test. 1 o fli: ,hts were made althou; the weather was sli :~~tly
batter than on the preceding d, r.
25 .Au--ust, The sa. e number of planes as 1proviously was observed at the
field. /meter 4s1,Y5 porgy., two PO-2 planes with rtzite numbers and red
up;:>er edges on their rudder assemblies continuously practiced local
f lyir. ;.
26 August. 7o air activity'. 11ho degree of cloudiness increased.
27 A Lust. After 11:h6 a.;-o, r'1yin was practiced by P.0-2 -,lanes,,
The visibility ..,as limited to about 500 meters.
28 Aur ;ut The nu bcr of planes was urichant.ed. After 10:15 there
was air activity bl three biplanes in.: favorable weather. i1yjr: was
discontinued In the evening?
22 Au`ust. '_"here was little air activity by biplanes throu;,hout the dav.
l vwvat'xr was favorable,
D ~Iu~-ust. fli:)1ancs practiced flyin, in the nornin,,
At 3t3o a.m., 57 II,-10s were counted at the fie 7.c.v The
planes tome parked in two 'rows in the eartorn section of the landing field,
There was no air activity throughout the clay.
1 1;22tenber. Bettroen 7:30 aom. and 12:30 p.m., ir_divit -zal flijits more
n ado by t^:o biplanes. he visibility was ,ocd.
5 .optertber. ?-o air activity throuc hour the day*, The de.-Tee of cloudi-
ness increased, and there were intermittent rain shcJers. :bout 55 IL-10s
were parked at the field.
6 3ewter:-ber,. ;::o air activity.
7 Se2teriber.. :o flights were made throughout -1J-Lo day althou-h the
weather was favorable.
3 S? 2tember. IL-?10s were narked in one lore row on the eastern edre
off' the field. There was no air activity because of rain.
9 Septersbcro.?o fli hts were made alt^ou rh the weataer rcii better.
10 ,,member. i'o air activity.
11 3euteeber. Throughout the dayr, 30 to ho soldiers !',ere installing the
weapons at t e end of tile cabins of II,-IO viroraft and refnelin ; the
planes. The tank trucks repeatedly moved to the southernmost iarkr;ar
whore a INael dump was probably located. _".o air activity- was observed.
12 : eetet:lber. .?ix activi t~- started at 10, a.m. ';;ere were no clouds.
,ithira 55 l^ir_utes= 24 IL-10s individually took off heading sol 'itheas`.
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reined aloft for 65 to m1nu es. TE-I o the planes had red u '-r
ed,nes on their rudder n ' ,emblles. Cue 1L--10 lane toiled an air o''.oevc.
he ).aut landing, 'l'eas rode at .L:45 P.71.. .`.iterv?ard, t le planes vtere a ;ain
parked in two rot,-. o' ;;ne, eastern cd;;e of t%%- field.
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13 and )J c ite rber, i?o air activity. The weather was dull0
1 ember, J .t 3 a.r_u,, fl rirz as started b;.* II,--lOs which flew
in fo,,w fin cr formations,
1 `>e to ber0 Individual fli;fits wore ,trade by II,-lOs betweon 3:30 a.m0
and about I
parmo
,13 1,e2tenber, The II,-lOs c?ero parked in two ;;roups of about 25 planes each
on the eastern edg=e of the field.. source observed that all the, planes had
red u";por edges on their rudder asse:.blies. 3etweon n:30 and 9:33 a.=r'?.,
16 IT-lOs took off in four formations of four planes each0 The planes took
off in groups of. four and fletir only in four finger formations. "hey landed
between 10:28- and 10:39 a.rn. 1''our formations of four planers each a-rain took
off between 11:03 and 11c08 and larded between 12:10 and 12:25 p.m.. The
landings were trade in elements of two. bite numbers observed on the air-
craft included "o 2 ar on? the first formation, Yo 21 amore; the third .forma-
tion, and i'os 9 and 12 amonL, the fourth formation. There was no air activity
in the afternoon.
19 September. 'Sto 8 a.m.,
108 lei between. C:15 and
20 to 25 soldiers worked on the aircraft.
3 :35 a 0:;4, .
21 to 23 Teptor?xr, :o air activity, probably bewause of bad vieathar0,
?:.epte er, "tro IL-10!3 practiced flyir1; between 10:30 and 10:52 a.a0.
aircraft strength was unc'hant;ed.
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26 5e tenbrr. here rwas intensive air activity at the fiold since morning.
2:30 p.m., 7 boxcars were observed at Bra denburl -isltstadt railroad station,
About 12 air force soldiors and billeting equipment were being detrained and
picked up by trick /`7-50-,02, which moved to the Pionior Kaserne. Sit. tents
were observed close to,-,ether in the northo astern section of the Pion_ier Kaserne.
'e'ach tent measured about 3 x 6 mcters0
27 "epter:iber, t.ccordin ; to local resident:., troops were being detrained at
t andanbur .-Altstadt railroad station during the night from. 27 to 28, SOp-
terabor.
2t. September. In the morning, it was observed that many fresh ruts of trucks
an c -la;ring vehicles led from the railroad station toward the ?io crier
Kaaerne. 3cldiers wearin red-bordered black epaulets and 'lack-bordered
blue epaulets were observed entering and leaving the barracks installation.
At nig=htfall, about 7 percent of the windows were It kited.
20 .epte foer. sphere was air activity at the field after 6:30 aam.. I':u'rerous
aircraft of Ve t~: o , 'omns ta:_ioci to Vi.e It -din_r field eft, r 8:30 ..m. 1,t
10 about 100 soldiers fell in in two roi-~c in front of the par'-cc: aircrafto
-'.:c to !ze-offs could not be seer eeause source had to di seontinu his obser-
vntions. One of the narked :lanes hac'. the
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1 Cotober, ;o air activity thrcu,;hout tine clay,
2 October, ?:t .`' a.m., about h o ID-10s ,-ore parked in two ;soups on
the eastern edge of the field. After 8:30 a.u., individual flying was
practiced by about 12 T1,108. Tit(% visibility was good) a:,d there was
a closed cloud :rase,
October. ;d traeen 8:30 a. s. and, 3 :j.m., there was intensive activity
by individual planes. Lfter 1:15 p.ru., flying was practiced in four
finger formations. Air activity was discontinued when it began to rain,
b October. aintenance pork was ire prozgress on thgpianes after 3:30 a.m,
hPree individual flights -,;Pro made by IL-10s between 10:25 aril 11:39 a,m,
October,. :lo air activity, It rained,
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an 3 October.
:o air activity. It rained fre uentlyt ,
C;ctober. 2hO aircraft strength 1v.~rs unchanged. 'post of the IL-lOs *.hi-ch
were parked in the northern groups had red propeller hubs and red upper
edges on their rudder eptoribe+r, a `green radio truck
was parked or. the northern edge of the field, The same radio truck was
observed on the southern c.,-,c of t'10 field during air aetivit, on 1t~ ;;nptcrmber.
It was again observed: to ?E+tlrer with four other trucks on the northern edge
of the fi.eld:. or 29 sseptember. .". cross-section frame, probably movable, with
a cross u.wiri.ng was observed or top of the left side of the radio trruuck. On
the front portion of the roof, there was a shall slanting superstructure
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covered with wire netting and aft of this superstructure a mat with
a projection as bit, as a fist and pointing, to the rear, On the
morning of 2 October, only the radio truck was parked on the southern
edge of the field. 0 this day, the cross-section frame was not
observed on its roof.
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Ton shrapnel-proof aircraft revetments wore; and er construction in the
eastern section of the northern ec 7;e of the field. 'even rcvet ents were
completed on 1 September. Additional shrapnel- )roof revetments were under
construction in the northwestern section of the field on 26 optembs r.
On 10 October, it was observed that 10 revetments were completed and that
a plane i,ae pnrlmd in one rovotment The nose of the plane projected
about 1 rioter bee and the rcvetment.4
In mid-,epte