ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 4401
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS 0105) 5 November 1950
| PW NAME: | YE, CHong Taek (芮鐘澤)(예종택) |
| RANK: | Jr Lt (少尉) |
| ORGN: | Plat Ldr |
| DUTY: | 6th Div, 2d Regt, 3d Bn, 7th Co |
| EDUCATION: | 6 yr Primary School |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | HAMYANG (咸陽) |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 8 Oct 50 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | KOREA, KYONGSANG PUKTO, CHONGDO-GUN, MAECHON-MYON, YONGSAN-DONG #1015 (慶尙北道 淸道郡 梅田面 用山洞 一0一五) |
| HOME ADDRESS: | MANCHURIA, ANTUNG-SHENG, TUNGHUA-SHIEN, ERHAI-CHU, MATANG-TSUN (滿洲 安東省 通化縣 三愛區 馬當村) |
| INTERROGATOR: | Sgt AHN |
PW cooperative and intelligent. Reliability - Good
Chronology:
Jun 47: Joined the CCF in TUNGHUA, MANCHURIA.
Mar 48: Assigned to the 4th Ind Div, 2d Regt, 2d Bn, 6th Co, 2d Plat.
Oct 48: 2d Plat, 2 officers and 42 enlisted men assigned to guard Locomotive Factory in MUKDEN.
Jan 49: Transferred to PEILING for further training.
26 Jul 50: The 4th Div departed MANCHURIA for further basic training in KOREA. All Chinese personnel was replaced with Korean nationals to increase Div strength to 10,000 men.
ECONOMIC:
MUKDEN LOCOMOTIVE FACTORY OBS: Oct 48
MUKDEN LOCOMOTIVE FACTORY employs 3000 men and women. Skilled labor 90% Japanese nationals.
Factory Manager - Chinese National - formerly of the CCF 8th Route Army.
Out Put: 10 Locomotive per year.
Destination of Output: CHINA
Exact Location: 1.5 km south MUKDEN. (See Sketch #1)
SHANCHENGCHEN AIRFIELD
Basic Airfield Info: OBS: 1 day
SHANCHENGCHEN Airfield (山城鎭) is located in SSU PING-SHENG (四平省) MANCHURIA. It was built in 1944 by the Japanese Army.
After the Japanese Army departed from MANCHURIA, the CCF occupied this airfield.
PW states that this place was guarded by the CCF Security Forces.
Aircraft:
During his visit to this airfield, PW only saw Japanese Fighter planes which has been left behind by the Japanese.
Dimensions:
Airfield is 1.5 km in length and 100 meters in width. On account of this fact that the airfield is located in mountainous area, it cannot be enlarged to any considerable extent. (Sketch #2)
TIEHSHI AIRFIELD OBS (Date unknown)
Location: 10 km SE of MUKDEN City.
Dimensions: 1.5 km long, 1 km wide. Runways - 20 m wide.
Basic Airfield Info: This airfield was built by the Japanese Army during their occupation of MANCHURIA. Runway is asphalt paved - 2 inches thick with gravel foundation 5 inches thick. (Sketch #3)
#1 Hanger is being used as sulphur warehouse. Entire hangar is filled with sulphur.
#2 Hanger is being used as gasoline dump. Supply of gasoline was plentiful, (in drums).
#3 Hanger - Aircraft Bombs - 50 - 100 and 150 kilogram sizes. Last observed, hanger were filled to capacity.
#5 Hanger contained 6 Japanese Fighter Planes. These planes were in repair when PW visited airfield.
AII the above material was captured from the Chinese National Forces.
For the Commanding Officer:
SHAPPELL
MUKDEN LOCOMOTIVE MFG FACTORY AS OF 1949 SKETCH 1
SHAN-CHENG-CHEN AIRFIELD AT PEI-SHAN-CH'ENG-TZU AS OF 1944 SKETCH 2
TIEH-HSI AIRFIELD AT MUKDEN AS OF OCTOBER 1948 SKETCH 3
