1. PRAGUE-KBELY AIRFIELD 2. AIR ACTIVITIES AND AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN THE PRAGUE AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014300290008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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OPIt"...~._ Air Activities and Aircraft Production in the Prune Area
EVALUATmON_ ----PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT
15 to 21 June 1952
I DATE OBTAINED) ,LATE PREPARED,
REFERENCES
PAGES_ 3 ENCLOSURES (NO. & nPE)
REMARKS
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this runway was provided with a new concrete Juriace in the sprin;;
of 1952. A large concrete nixing machine was seen at the east-northeastern border If
the airfield. About 50 construction workers were also observed there on several
days,
i'ra + belt' Airfield.
16 Septeni:sr 1952
1. Prague-Efbely airfield (0 51/L 89) southwest of Kbely covered an area of abou-i.
20200 x 1,003 meters? Its soil is loaner, and the landing, field had a grass cover.
The installation was surrounded by a wire fence 2 meters hig;l,s, and alozk! the
Pragrue-.:lads Poleslav (0 511B 02) highway it was protected against observation by
a thick hedge. In the extension n,f the old runway, the field sloped sli-:htly torvard
east-northeast in the direction of the railroad line. Hounds of earth and large 25X1
quantities of sand to be used for the ext :nsion o the old rune ay, which v s about
1,!00 meters lon;; and 50 meters wide, were seen there,
2a All the buildings of the installation had been erected on its west-northwestern
border along the Prague-N1a'a Boleelav road, Beginning at t.'le south, the first
building was a flat-roofed structure about 80 meters long a;nd 8 rk:ters wide, the
second and third were two hangars with iron vaulted roofs., one 30 meters long and
16 motors high, the other 20 meters long and 12 motors hi,*,h. There was a third
hangar after a gap of about 120 meters. This structure, which consisted of three
sections, was 63 iaotsrs long and 12 meters hiryh, After the latter h agar we o two
other buildings, which apparently housed workshops, Aircraft,, some of Tthieh were
covered with tar?auli_ns, wore soon parked in front of theta Concrete aprons were
available in front of all the hangars and the latter two 1uildings., On the west
side of the road, there -gas a circular water tower about 25 Deters high? To four-
story barracks buildin:;s occupied by air force person:tel and guarded by sontrics
who wore grey-blue uniforms were located opposite the nci't'.orn corner of the
installation. (1)
3. Aircraft observed at the installation included:
T;Me as .An obsolescent commercial law-vring monoplane fitted with three radial engines
and a three-bladed propeller, The leading edge of the win w.va s tapered and
the trailing edge was straight; the plane had cuI-off :ving ti c? step was
conspicuous in the fuselage aft of the Windom in the nose. The craft was
fitted with a single rudder assembly and a tail .heel, and. a pearod to be of
all-metal constriction.
Type b: A twin-engine, 1=ving monoplane fitted with two in-line engines mounted in
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the ..inr;s and projecti:i:~ about one third: : eyoad t ?.c riin::s; it had tapers i
rounded off wiri s, The front soction of the fuscla o :vas very short arul, of a
)lexi;la:s note. Thu craft fitted with a doublo rudder assembl;?, no cabin
was obsorve-