BRANDENBURG-INDUSTRIEHAFEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600210004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Brandenburg-Industriahafen Airfield
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1.. Bettreen 1 and 14 June 1954, 11-10s from Brandenburg-Induetri?n;,ef en
airfield made individual flights, flights in elements of t;:o, in
,iddi.tion to low-level. attacks at. I,randen'itrg-g lest airfield.
?n-.'^s wii#e repeatedly observed aloft, with up to.6 aircraft at the
s me tide: On 3'and 5 June, the biplanes rade night flights. During
tho 'e'vening tof 11 Jure, 31,11-10s were. counted at the field. Of
tiie *! aircraft 25 had red upper edges on their rudder assemblies
and c,,A propeller hubs, while.the remaining 7,aircraft-had no
tactical symbol. During the evening of 13 June, 25 I1-lOs wires
rod propeller hubs and red upper edges on the rudder assemblies
were parked on the dispersal areas; slightly apart were 9 Ii-lOs
without color markings.
5etueen 1 and ?8 June, the Infanterie'Kaserne in Brandenburg ..us
ne5'lly occupied by about 150 air force"boldiefl;'apparently not
from Brandenburg. On 3 June, 25 air force soldiers armed with
rifles left the barracks installation and went toward the town,
Tucks moved into the installation.
3. between 5 and 10 June, Infanterie Kaserne in Brandenburg was
apparently occupied by an air force unit and a detail of a Soviet
Army unit, Since some days, the fence has been closed by boards.
The guardhouse at the barracks installation was occupied by air
force soldiers.
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5. On 5 June, a convoy of 15 to 20 trucks, including about 10 loaded
with runway mats, roved toward the town coming from the direction
of Quenzbruecke. The vehicles
were driven by so ers wearing red-bordered black
epaulets.
proceeded toward rrandenburg coming
froar: the direction of Potsdam. All of the vehicles were marked
by a T in a white square. 3
7. Repair work on Infanterie Kaserne in Prandenburg was apparently
corp_leted during the first half of June and subsequently the air
force unit, which had previously been quartered in tents, moved
into tie buildings, The barracks installation was occupied by
ab;,ut l00 men, as was inferred from the number of windows lighted
at n`cht, Motor vehicles and traffic signs with the inscription
"driv:irg school" were seen in the barracks yard. Soldiers were
instruction on large charts with traffic symbols. In early
June the wire fenc e around the b cks installation was boarded
up. 2
8. At 1104 on 15 June, there was air activity a the field. One elc;ent
of 2 I1-10s and 2 individual aircraft were aloft. Several t ke-offs
btr it dividual aircraft a 7 - n
No red upper edges on the rudder assemblies unre
o scrvect. on he numerous I1-lOs parked at the field.l A radio
ins:,al.l.ation consisting of 2 masts of which one was 8 meters high
and t::o other about 6 maters was observed in the southern section
of l*e field. Nearby was a radio truck with three rod antennas.4
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