DFS 230

Glider

Service Data

In Service: 1937 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 1937
Manufacturer: DFS
Number built:

Technical Data

Type: Glider transport

Crew: 1 man
Length: 11.24 m
Wingspan: 20.87 m
Wing area: 41 .3 m²
Height: 2.74 m
Empty: 860 kg
Loaded: 2,100 kg
Engine: none
Maximum speed: 290 km/h
Range:
Service ceiling:
Armament:
none
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
DFS 230 A-1
DFS 230 A-2
DFS 230 B-1
DFS 230 B-2
DFS 230 C-1
DFS 230 D-1
DFS 230 F-1

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History

The DFS 230 had a square box fuselage sructure shoulder wing and jettisonable wheeled undercarriage glider aircraft

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

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