PRODUCTION OF TU-4 AIRCRAFT AT AIRCRAFT PLANT NO. 22 IN KAZAN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900400001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Aircraft ilant o 22i$ located about eight km north of the town center of
Kazan (55?514N/49006'h), Tatar 1130;i.R. near the village of Karavayovoo (1) 25X1
Durinc th.-) reported period, two new workshops were being built at the plant-
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The fully assembled aircraft were toyed to the factory fielc3,. where, they
7-ere flioht-tested and then flown by air force officers- to their destina-
tion,- The '..;aUcasus district was frequently mentioned at a destination,
tluch work was done on the aircraft outside the workshops, fjuze of the planes
left the ?szsembly shop ready for servIce while others were not fully asseeol-
-ed The installation of engines and aircraft armament as well as work on
:landing goers and wings was frequently performed in the open:, Both tanks and
oxygen bottles to installed in the wings. (3)
Fron jure to Atgut 1949 the assembly of a. four-engine pia= with 1"i-cylinder9
enrines, possibly..1.11 IL-13, was SOCIrl, T:10 asc,,ergAy was
done in a very printive mannen, Dy november 1249 the plane was fully
senbiod but had not t_)011testeil, (4)
Trains were loaded with wings,, fuselages and engines on the spur track
north of the assembly hall, source believed that some loaded .railroad cars
left the plant twice a week for an tuilmown destination..
The factory field was occupied by abot 1W planes of rnrisuii types, of
which about 70 w.ee TU-LB, (5) Details or the size of the field were not
available, There. Was flying throuhout the day and sonst,Lies also at
night? ond lingle-engine planes were seen in aAiitio.a to the TU-4s.
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- (2) e_xLstf-mce of sucl :11 iberin, vster is .reported for e irst
::GVer, the correctness of t:ne observ&tion Is not coub d, The t:Aecl
out:ut o: 33 airera2t -orioe of rontiis 15 o be too
anc: c:',m only ',Je u iinod 1.ythe cisa,tacn ti ttiu rocauction OftI4J
aircraft ty)e concerno6 was to be discontinuod altoLether.
(3) This obsorwAien is believed to be correct, The fact that ha12-finishod
planes T-mre tchen out of the 7:0r7,:n1.ps hnvo been Cue to lac!z nf 17orts
or inabiltty to :.)roCuct:!_on ocboclules,
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by-tho 3oviet Air :or several years.. It jbelieve(1 1.:ore probable
that the.'alane was an experental protot:Te c,;.' a nov; OL ol
() The presence at the? factory- fiele of 70 TU4s indicates that this vas
api)roxinately the monthly output. Fron cata available on oJlor Soviet
aIrcraft ,)lants it could. be iEferred that te nuA)er of aircraft sta-
tioned at any ,:ne factory f1o1C rouchly corresponds to the output of four
to six vreoso
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