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- DFS_230 abstract "The DFS 230 was a German transport glider operated by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was developed in 1933 by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight") with Hans Jacobs as the head designer. The glider was the German inspiration for the British Hotspur glider and was intended for paratrooper assault operations.In addition to the pilot, the DFS-230 glider had room for nine men who sat close together on a narrow bench located in the middle of the fuselage (half facing forward, half facing back). Entry and exit to the cramped interior was by a single side door. The front passenger could operate its only armament, a machine gun. It was an assault glider, designed to land directly on top of its target, so it was equipped with a parachute brake. This allowed the glider to approach its target in a dive at an angle of eighty degrees and land within 20 metres (60 ft) of its target. It carried a freight cargo of about 1,200 kg.It played significant roles in the operations at Fort Eben-Emael, the Battle of Crete, and in the rescue of Benito Mussolini. It was also used in North Africa. However, it was used chiefly in supplying encircled forces on the Eastern Front such as supplying the Demyansk Pocket, the Kholm Pocket, Stalingrad, and the defenders of Festung Budapest (until February 12, 1945). Although production ceased in 1941, it was used right up to the end of the war, for instance, supplying Berlin and Breslau until May 1945.By means of a cable running along the tow rope the pilots of the tow-plane and of the freight glider were able to communicate with each other which made blind flying possible, when necessary. The towing speed of the DFS-230 was approximately 190 km/h (116 mph). It dropped its landing gear as soon as it was safely in the air, and landed by means of a landing skid. The DFS-230 could be towed by a Ju-52 (which could tow two with difficulty), a He-111, a Ju-87, He 126, a Bf 110, or a Bf 109. The Ju 52 towed the glider using a 40 metres (131 ft) cable or, in bad weather, a much shorter rigid bar connected by an articulated joint to the tow aircraft. The DFS-230 had the highest glide ratio (18) of any World War 2 military glider other than the Antonov A-7. This was because it was thought that the glider had to be capable of a long approach during landing, so that it could be released a considerable distance from the target so the sound of the towing aircraft did not alert the enemy".
- DFS_230 designer Hans_Jacobs.
- DFS_230 manufacturer Deutsche_Forschungsanstalt_für_Segelflug.
- DFS_230 numberBuilt "1600".
- DFS_230 thumbnail DFS_230-A.JPG?width=300.
- DFS_230 wikiPageExternalLink numberedusafhistoricalstudies151-200.asp.
- DFS_230 wikiPageExternalLink dfs230.htm.
- DFS_230 wikiPageExternalLink dfs230.html.
- DFS_230 wikiPageID "458403".
- DFS_230 wikiPageLength "6892".
- DFS_230 wikiPageOutDegree "48".
- DFS_230 wikiPageRevisionID "678951453".
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Airspeed_Horsa.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Antonov_A-7.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Crete.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Stalingrad.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Category:DFS_aircraft.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Category:German_military_transport_aircraft_1930–1939.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Glider_aircraft.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_transport_aircraft_of_Germany.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Demyansk_Pocket.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Deutsche_Forschungsanstalt_für_Segelflug.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Eben-Emael.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink General_Aircraft_Hotspur.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Germany.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Gotha_Go_242.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Gran_Sasso_raid.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Gribovski_G-11.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Gribovsky_G-11.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Hanna_Reitsch.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Hans_Jacobs.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Heinkel_He_111.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Henschel_Hs_126.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Junkers_Ju_52.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Junkers_Ju_87.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Kholm_Pocket.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink List_of_World_War_II_military_aircraft_of_Germany.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink List_of_aircraft_of_World_War_II.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink List_of_gliders.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink List_of_military_aircraft_of_Germany.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Luftwaffe.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink MG_15.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink MG_34.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Messerschmitt_Bf_109.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Messerschmitt_Bf_110.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Military_glider.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Military_gliders.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Siege_of_Budapest.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Slingsby_Hengist.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Unternehmen_Eiche.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Waco_CG-4.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink Waco_CG-4A.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink File:DFS-230.svg.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLink File:DFS_230-A.JPG.
- DFS_230 wikiPageWikiLinkText "DFS 230".
- DFS_230 capacity "9".
- DFS_230 crew "1".
- DFS_230 designer Hans_Jacobs.
- DFS_230 emptyWeightKg "860".
- DFS_230 firstFlight "1937".
- DFS_230 glideRatio "1".
- DFS_230 grossWeightKg "2040".
- DFS_230 guns "*1 x MG 15 machine gun on a manually aimed mounting aft of the cockpit *2 x 7.92 mm MG 34 fixed forward firing machine guns attached to the forward fuselage sides.".
- DFS_230 hasPhotoCollection DFS_230.
- DFS_230 heightM "2.74".
- DFS_230 introduced "1938".
- DFS_230 lengthM "11.24".
- DFS_230 manufacturer Deutsche_Forschungsanstalt_für_Segelflug.
- DFS_230 maxTakeoffWeightKg "2100".
- DFS_230 neverExceedSpeedKmh "290".
- DFS_230 neverExceedSpeedNote "*Maximum towing speed: *Normal towing speed:".
- DFS_230 numberBuilt "1600".
- DFS_230 primaryUser Luftwaffe.
- DFS_230 primeUnits%3F_ "met".
- DFS_230 ref "Aircraft of the Third Reich, German Aircraft of the Second World War".
- DFS_230 spanM "21.98".
- DFS_230 type "Troop glider".
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- DFS_230 wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
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- DFS_230 wingAreaSqm "41.3".
- DFS_230 subject Category:DFS_aircraft.
- DFS_230 subject Category:German_military_transport_aircraft_1930–1939.
- DFS_230 subject Category:Glider_aircraft.
- DFS_230 subject Category:World_War_II_transport_aircraft_of_Germany.
- DFS_230 hypernym Glider.
- DFS_230 type Aircraft.
- DFS_230 type Article.
- DFS_230 type MeanOfTransportation.
- DFS_230 type Article.
- DFS_230 type Configuration.