DFS 228

DFS 228
Role High-altitude aerial reconnaissance
Manufacturer Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug
Designer Felix Kracht
First flight August 1944
Retired June 1945
Status Scrapped 1947
Primary user Luftwaffe
Number built 2
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.


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