This sailplane was used in the Second Word War by the Germans in various operations. You can see some information in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFS_230
The main ideia around this plane was the new comcept of landing troops together, and that was something that did not hapen when paratroops was use. Able to carry ten fully equiped men, this plane was touged by many planes, the Ju 52 3M, the JU 87 and even Me 110 could carry this grider
With 21 meters wingspan it was very small for 10 people so they had to be seated in tandem in order to maximise space. Since I decided to do all my airplanes in one eight scale it brings me to a 2,63 meters sailplane.