DFS 228 | |
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General information | |
Type | High-altitude aerial reconnaissance |
Manufacturer | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug |
Designer | |
Status | Scrapped 1947 |
Primary user | Luftwaffe |
Number built | 2 |
History | |
First flight | August 1944 |
Retired | June 1945 |
Developed from | DFS 54 |
Variants | DFS 346 |
The DFS 228 was a rocket-powered, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight") during World War II. By the end of the war, the aircraft had only flown in the form of two unpowered prototypes.