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| | The WWII Nazi DFS-230 Invasion Glider |
 | | Designed by Hans Jacobs, the DFS 230, which was developed in the greatest secrecy and began flight tests late in 1937, stemmed from trials conducted in the mid 'thirties by the Deutschen Forschungsinstitut fur Segelflug (DFS) with a large glider intended primarily for high-altitude meteorological research and originally conceived by Rh6n-Rossitten Gesellschaft. |
 | | For this task the DFS 230s were used in concert with Go 242s, and during the final stages of the battle, shortly before the town was relieved, the gliders were having to land in the streets under heavy fire, the losses in both gliders and trained personnel being heavy. |
 | | Towable by a variety of Luftwaffe aircraft, the DFS 230 used Jettisonable landing gear for take-off, and landing was accomplished on a central skid mounted beneath the fuselage. |
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