DFS 230

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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.

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Image: Air Ministry 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. U.S. Navy source: Air Ministry Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 173, dated 24 December 1942. Prints prepared and submitted by U.S. Naval Air Attache, London, England, Serial A 9-43 of 1 January 1943. U.S. Navy photo NH 112969, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.