Squadron Leader Robert Kronfeld, AFC was an Austrian-born gliding champion and sailplane designer of the 1920s and 30s. He became a British subject and an RAF test pilot. He was killed testing a glider in 1948.
Robert Kronfeld, with his Lippisch Wien glider, at Hanworth 28 June 1931
The Wasserkuppe is a mountain within the German state of Hesse. It is a large plateau formation at an elevation of 950 metres (3,120 ft) and is the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains. Great advances in sailplane development took place on the mountain during the interwar period, driven by annual contests. Near the summit there is still an airfield used by gliding clubs and pilots of light aircraft.
Wasserkuppe
The "Ehrenhalle" in the Lilienthal Haus on the Wasserkuppe
The new exhibit hall in the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum (German Sailplane Museum)
Commemorative Stamp