EMERGENCY BRIEF(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 19, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Date Distributed: 19 October 1956
COUNTRY: POLAND
SUBJECT: Emergency Brief
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The 26th Fighter Regiment stationed at Zegrze Pomorskie
Airfield--had the following -address:
Zegrze Pomorskie
Jw 5069; Powiat Koszalin
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The 26th Fighter Regiment was directly subordinate to the 42nd
Fighter Division (42 D3rwizja Lotnictwa Mysliwcow) stationed
at Swidwin Airfield.
port personnel;
At the airfield of Zegrze Pomorskie the 26th Fighter Regi-
menthad the following actual strength in :command and sup-
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About 120 officers, including pilots and technical
officers.
(2) About 140-enlisted personnel -including noncommissioned
officers and airmen o
(d) Zegrze Pomdrskie Airfield had no streets or post office.
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was. directly subordinate'to the 26th 25X1
Fighter Regiment and consisted of-about-50 officers
and 250 enlisted personnel. It was located on the
airfield and had the following address:
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One Service'"Battalion (Bataljon Obsiugi Lotniska),
Regiment and consisted of about 20 officers and 140
enlisted personnel. It was located on the airfield and
had the following address:
Zegrze Pomorskie
JW 1385, Powiat Koszalin
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unit was permanently stationed at the location
given under (a) above.
The present location of the unit is the same as that given
above (a),
Zegrze Pomorskie
JW 3895, Powiat Koszalin.
Technical Service Unit (Dywizjon Obslugi Lotniska)
was directly subordinate to the 26th Fighter
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Zegrze Pomorskie Airfield had the ollowing aircraft and
equipment:
15 MIG-15
12 MIG-15 Bis
.13 - MIG-15 LIM?2 (newest series)
14 YAK-11
I PO-2
4 UT-MIG-15 (two seater trainer)
20 Dodge trucks
20 ? Refueling trucks
15 ZIS?152 trucks
20 Other type trucks
2 Tractors
2 Buses
2 Sedans
(j) All personnel on the base had to attend periodic lectures
on,atomic warfare which were very brief and held about
once monthly. The lectures were not taken seriously by
the personnel.
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the following other military airfields and
military ns a lations located in Poland.
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eci Korpus Lotni two 14ysliwcow w Poznaniu.
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(2;) 4?ndd Fighter,- Division (42 Dywizja Lotnictwa Mysliwcow)
Third Fighter Corps (Trzeci Korpus Lotnictwa Mysliwcow),
located in.Poznan, and was directly subordinate to Head-
quarters,.Polish Air Force in WaVaw. The Commanding
Officer of the Corps was `ColoneTagielloo Mailing
located on Swidwin Airfield, was directly subordinate to
the Third Fighter Corns nan and was equipped with 25X1
MIG-15 aircraft. Commanding Officer of the
Division was Lt. Col. UlAnowski; his deputy was Major Slomao
(3) Swidwin Airfield e One fighter regiment of the 42nd Fighter
Dtv'is~cra equip'pped- with?MIG-15s-was stationed there.
Numerical. designation, find FPN are unknown. An unidentified
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tow target squadron (eSkadra cholownicza) equipped with two
IL-28s and about 15 MIG-15s was stationed there. 25X1
Wroclaw' Airfield - The airfield was occupied by an unim
den if le Polish Air Force fighter division headquarters and
two fighter regiments of this division equipped with MIG-15
aircraft. The Commanding Officer of the fighter division'
'ga'q "' - ~ ol, Tanana.
the fighter division stationed in Wroclaw Airfield. The
fighter regiment was equipped with MIG-15 aircraft and the
Krzesin ~.Airfield (near Poznan) Occupied by an unidentified
P lo:i Force fighter regiment which was subordinate to
CO a ff Ma inr* T)nhr rniecki (fnu )
Modlin Airfield (north of Modlin) Occupied by an unidentim
aircraft,
fi6d Polish Air Force bomber division equipped with IL-28
Force fighter division and two fighter re iments of this
Slupsk-Airfid-ld - Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
division eauipped with o -aircraft
CO of the division was Lt.. Col.
Kaminski nu o
(8) Debrzno Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Force ffighter.regiment of the fighter division Rtnt:1nnPd at
Slupsk Airfield equipped with MIG-15 aircraft.
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Korpus Mysliwski)0
Babice Airfield m Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Force fighter division, equipped with MIG-15 aircraft; it
was directly subordinate to the.-,.fighter corps whose gen
eral staff headquarters
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(10) Kluczewo Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Soviet Air
Force fighter di ision equipped with MIG-15 aircraft. Since
the end of August 1956, a new interceptor squadron was acti-
vated and was equipped with MIG-17 And MIG-19 aircraft.
(11) Kamien Pomorski Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Soviet
f igh
er regiment equipped with MIG-15 aircraft.
(12) Kolobrzed Airfield -Occupied by an unidentified Soviet fight-
er regiment equipped with MIG-15 aircraft.
(13) Bialy Bor Airfield- Unoccupied; recently constructed as a
jet airfield. Runway measures 29000 x 60 meters.
(14) Okonek Airfield ? Unoccupied; recently constructed.as a jet
air ieldo Runway measures 2,000 x 60 meters.
(15) Czarne Airfield - Unoccupied; recently constructed as a
je airfie o Runway measures 2,000 x 60 meters.
(16) Goleniow Airfield m Unoccupied; recently constructed as a jet
airfield, Runway measures 2,000 x 60 meters.
(17) Leborg Airfield e Unoccupied; recently constructed as a jet
airfield. Runway measures 2,000 x 60 meters.
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Pruszcz Gdanski Airfield Occupied by an unidentified Polish
fighter division -eauippe d with MIG-15
rcrafto
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Babiedoly Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Polish
Rav - *irw...Un?t-
Malborg Airfield -.Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Force fighter division eauioped with MIG=15 aircraft.
Orneta: Airfield m Occupied by Polish Air Force.
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Bydgoszcz Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Force assault division eauiooed.with MIG-15 Bie aircraft-
(23) Inowroclaw Airfield Occupied by, an unidentified Polish
.Air Force bombe--r=vision equipped with IL-28 aircraft
(24) Torun Airfield Occupied by an unidentified Soviet Air
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(25) Pila Airfield - Occupied by the Polish Air Force; it had
three newly constructed, runways (dimensions;,;unknown), and
tenant units on the,airfield were being reorganized,
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(26) Chojna Airfield o Occupied by an unidentified Soviet
fighter regiment.
(27) Krzesiny Airfield e Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Force training it.
(28) Lawica Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
ent
,F-orceassault re
(29) Olesnica Slaska Airfield e Occupied by an unidentified
PMe h A r Forcessau aquadron
(30) OlawaAirfield e Occupied by an unidentified Soviet Air
ult unit
(31) Brzeg Airfield e Occupied by
Force fighter division.
(32) Legnica Airfield o Occupied by an unidentified Soviet Air
Force division
(33) Boleelawiec Airfield o Occupied by an unidentified Soviet
Air -nvrna icrh1 o iinit*
(34) Zary Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Soviet Aix '
Force fi 7 hter unit.
(35) Leszno Airfield - Only known as an auxiliary airfield
used by Po iihand Soviet Air Force units.
(36) Lodz Airfield Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Pnrnp i crht PT regiment.
(37) Tomaszow Mazowiecki Airfield m Occupied by an unidentified
Polish Air Force training ,squadron for fighter pilots.
(38) MierzynczyceAirfield - Occupied by an unidentified Polish
Air Force fighter regiment.
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(39) Radom Airfield m Occupied by the Polish Air Force Fighter
Pilot
P ol,
(40) Radzyn Podlaski Airfield - Occupied by aq,unidentified
Polish it Force training squadron equipped with IL-P-8-
L=28
aircraft
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(41) Biala Podlaska Airfield m Occupied by an unidentified
Polish Air Force training squadron equipped with IL=28
aircraft.
(42) GruJec Airfield - Occupied by an unidentified Polish Air
Force tra.inlpg squadron
(43) Sochaczew Airfield e Occupied by an unidentified Polish A i
Force reconnaissance and bomber division
The following aircraft
were on e a r ie in un nown numbered IL-289 MIG-15,
YAK-23, and PO-2o
Polish Army Units
(44) 76th Warsaw Artillery Regiment (76 Warsza
Artvlerii) located in the City of 'Torun, -7
Dzieswianikowo
(45) Army Rocket Unit,
located in Torun,
(46) Two unidentified army units were located in Torun-Podguszo
(47) An unidentified underground artillery ammunition storage
for the Bydgoszcz Military District was located in Torun.
(48) An unidentified artillery unit was located in Grudziaca
(49) Three unidentified armored units were located in Bialogao
(59) An unidentified WOP unit (Wojsko Ochrony Pogranicza), an
unidentified KBW unit (Korpus Bezpieczenstwa Publicznego)9
nd an unidentified armored unit were located in Koszalino
(51) An unidentified underground military supply depot where
trucks, aircraft guns, ammunition, machine guns,, etc..
,were stored is located
near Deblino
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(52) An unidentified munitions plant was located in Radom-
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(53) An unidentified antiaircraft artillery unit was locate
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an about 360 persons9 including officers.
(54) An unidentified antiaircraft artillery unit was located near
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overall strength was about the same as in (53) above.
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(55) An unidentified antiaircraft artillery unit was located in
The over-all strength o this unit was about the
same as in (53) above.
Ustka
(56) An unidentified antiaircraft artillery unit was located in
located in Hel (Hel Peninsula).
(57) Several unidentified antiaircraft artillery units were
Schools
(58) Officers' Motor Vehicle School in Pila
(59) Officers' Technical School in Zamosc
(6o) Officers' Technical Academy in Warsaw
(61) Officers' School of Armor in Poznan
(62). Officers' Communication School in Sieradz
(63Y Officers' Political School in Lodz
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(64) Officers' Staff School in Warsaw
(65) Officers' Artillery School Number 1 in Torun
(66) Advances Officers' Artillery School in Torun=Bydgoski
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tween 22 and 35 years of age. About eight months ago a group of
new pilots? average age about 229
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there was no increase in the number of modern items of equipment
On Zegrze Pomorskie Airfield
9. During the latter part of August 19569
MIGml9 aircraft flying over his airfield,
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124 ~ unit was engaged only in regular transition flights9
'I,which included day and night flying training,
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consisting of MIG-17 and tIGm19 aircraft.
flying units and installations:
ao Before the end of 19569 a new fighter squadron of the Polish
Air Force will be activated on one of the new airfields re-
cently constructed a n Baltic Coast. Some of the ex-
perienced pilots of unit and newly graduated pilots
from the Fiahter Pilot School in Radom will be sent to the
airfield
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cep-or squadron nad been activated at uczewo Airfield-,,
information on the activities of new
the' a
irfield was very modern9 it
ew four-engine jet bomber
operationally ready by the end o
with the t technical facilities,
this airfield would be occupied by a Soviet
e v s on and that the entire airfield would become
had three runways9 each 4,000 meters long, and was equipped
being, wrought to this airfield.
on the airfield
f 1956
our=engine Jet bombers were
here were about 2009000 liters of jet
unit's airfield o No further informam
16, unit did not participate in any atomic warfare exer-
cises or maneuvers.
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n operation ur?ng trans on
flights performed by unit a
all antiaircraft positions along the Baltic
coast were manne 24 hours a day.
Air Force units took part o The exer?cieei wa
defense i ture and lasted one week.
Air Defense exercise in w ich Polish,, Sov et
strictly of a
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