Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

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To be published on August 16, 2024:

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"When it came to daring raids, Germany’s airborne troops had a secret weapon during the Second World War: the DFS 230 combat and assault glider. Successful German attacks at Eben Emael, Corinth, Crete and Gran Sasso are synonymous with the type – which could carry nine fully-equipped troops, dive towards its target at an angle of 80 degrees and land within 20m of it.
It was also frequently used for freight and could quietly deliver up to 1,200kg of cargo, even into areas considered too difficult and hazardous for successful supply drops by conventional means. For particularly difficult landing areas, it could optionally be fitted with up to three machine guns.
Designed during the mid-1930s, the DFS 230 entered service in 1939 and was operated throughout the war in every theatre where German forces were involved in the fighting. A DFS 230 was probably the last aircraft type to put down in the inferno of Hitler’s encircled capital city just days prior to the dictator’s suicide on April 30, 1945.
The type could be towed into the air by almost any powered combat aircraft – from an He 111 bomber to a Bf 109 fighter – dropping its wheeled landing gear on take-off and touching down on a skid.
More than 1,600 DFS 230s were built from 1939 to 1943 and up to a dozen are thought to survive today.
In Eagles of the Luftwaffe: DFS 230, Luftwaffe historian Neil Page, author of the two-part Luftwaffe Fighters series from Tempest Books, explores and explains both the type’s development and its service history"

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

Glad to see some coverage of less common types.
Given the author I will definitely be picking this up.

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

thanks for your kind comments. Apologies for the last sentence of the blurb...not mine...I'd describe myself as an 'enthusiast'. Got to the stage now though where I know who to ask for help!

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

With questions like, “just how far will that poor machine gunner be thrown when his glider hits the ground?”

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

..strapped in I'm sure. And the large wing must have made for a particularly effective 'wing-in-ground' effect. Hence the brake chute and braking rockets. Actually one or two pics in the book show dead passengers strewn round about a particularly bad 'crash' landing...

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

..put back to December. Plenty of 'new' images that arrived too late for August should now make it into publication..

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

Thanks for the update. Was worried it had been cancelled as a upcoming titles from Morton's have vanished from their website (Fulmar book, Book on Bomber Command gardening campaign).

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

last corrections completed, final images added, following my ECPA-D visit in November. Page count now up to 175...

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

... has arrived at the publishers warehouse

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

Does the book included information about assault in Drvar (former Yugoslavia) in May 1944?

kind regards

Newcomer

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2. Gliding and the origins of the DFS 230
3. Blitzkrieg in the West! Eben Emael and the Albert Canal bridges
4. The establishment of Luftlandegeschwader 1 and preparations for ‘Sea Lion’
5. ‘Marita’ and ‘Merkur’ - (I) Corinth (II) Einsatz Kreta
6. The DFS 230 in action in the East – Ösel 1941
7. Special ‘ops’ in North Africa
8. The ‘Kessel’ battles and the Kuban
9. Late 1943 - Back to France and Italy
10. Operation 'Eiche’ - Gran Sasso and the rescue of Mussolini
11. Operation 'Rösselsprung' – Knight’s move against Tito
12. Vercors – with KG 200 in combat against the French resistance
13. One-way flights to Hell – Budapest, Breslau and Berlin
14. Afterword

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

My copy arrived in Canada yesterday.
On a quick flip through it looks very promising.
Shout out to the dog in the pilot seat photo.

Re: Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page
 

Thanks for that. I haven't seen it yet...