DFS 331
Template:Short description Template:Infobox aircraft After the success of the 1940 airborne assaults involving the DFS 230, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM/German Aviation Ministry) invited the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug/DFS and Gotha to submit plans for a larger capacity glider.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The result was the DFS 231, a twenty-seat troop designed by Hans Jacobs, who had previously produced the successful, nine seat DFS 230.[1]
The visibility from the cockpit was good, with the entire nose being glazed, and the body was very wide, allowing it to carry light Flak guns and small military vehicles. A single prototype, the V1, was built and flown in 1941. The best glide ratio, at fully loaded weight, was 17.5.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The project was passed over in favour of the Gotha Go 242.[1]
Specifications
Data from Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945,[2] German gliders in World War II[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 20 troops or 2,300 kg (5,071 lb) of cargoTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/engTemplate:Aircraft specs/engTemplate:Aircraft specs/engTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/length
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- Maximum glide ratio: 1:18Template:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convert
- Maximum towing speed: 330 km/h (205 mph)
Armament
- Guns: 2x Template:Cvt MG 15 machine-guns
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
- List of gliders
- List of military aircraft of Germany
- List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
- List of World War II military gliders
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wood, Alan (1990). History of the World's Glider Forces. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-275-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier. Vol. 1. Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 167–168, 244–245. ISBN 978-3-7637-5465-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nowarra, Heinz J. (1991). German gliders in World War II. West Chester, PA: Schiffer. pp. 20–23, 47. ISBN 0887403581.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Munson, Kenneth (1978). German Aircraft Of World War 2 in colour. Poole, Dorsett, UK: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-0860-3.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. ISBN 978-0312289270.
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