DFS 230A-1
Description
Role	Troop glider
Crew
First Flight
Entered Service
Manufacturer	DFS
Dimensions
Length	11.3 m	37 ft 0 in
Wingspan	21.1 m	69 ft 1 in
Height	2.8 m	9 ft 4 in
Wing Area	38.1 m²	410 ft²
Weights
Empty	770 kg	1,700 lb
Loaded	2,040 kg	4,500 lb
Maximum takeoff	kg	lb
Capacity	10 equipped troops
Powerplant
Typical Tow	Junkers Ju 52/3mz
Performance
Maximum speed	161km/h @ 300m	100mph @ 1,000ft
Combat range	km	miles
Ferry range	km	miles
Service ceiling	m	ft
Free glide sink rate	70 m/min	240 ft/min
Wing loading	53.5 kg/m²	11 lb/ft²

The DFS 230 was a WW2 Luftwaffe transport glider. Produced by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - German Institute for Sailplane Flight) with Hans Jacobs as the head designer. The glider was the German equivalent of the British Horsa glider and was intended for paratrooper assault operations. The glider could carry around a ton of soldiers and equipment. They were used in the landings at Eben Emal and Crete. DFS 230 troop-carrying glider Photograph published in: Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol IV Ed: H J Cooper, O G Thetford and D A. Russell Harborough Publishing Co, Leicester, England 1943. ... The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug, or DFS (German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight) was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany. ... The Junkers Ju 52 nicknamed Tante Ju (Auntie Ju) and Iron Annie was a civilian airliner and military transport aircraft and bomber manufactured between 1932 and 1945 by Junkers. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Luftwaffe â–¶(?) (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug, or DFS (German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight) was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany. ... Hans Jacobs was a German sailplane designer and pioneer. ... The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a World War II troop-carrying glider built by the British company Airspeed Ltd and subcontractors. ...