The General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur was a military glider designed and built by the British company General Aircraft Ltd during World War II. When the British airborne establishment was formed in 1940
Airborne forces with a Hotspur glider
RAF Hotspur Mk I BV136, c. 1942
An Airspeed-built Hotspur Mk II BV200 about 1943
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 with Hans Jacobs as the head designer. The
Luftwaffe soldiers loading the DFS 230 in preparation for deployment.
Two DFS 230s flying over Italy, towed by a pair of Junkers Ju 87B tugs
DFS 230-A at Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr