Debris German DFS-230 glider in the wall of an apartment house in Budapest

Debris German DFS-230 glider of sergeant Georg Filius, who crashed into the wall of an apartment house №37 on Attila street when attempting to land on the Bloody Meadow in the Battle of Budapest in February 4, 1945.
The pilot of the German DFS-230 glider was lost.

On DFS-230 gliders tried to deliver food and ammunition to the surrounded German army in the Budapest city.

 

Photography Location: Budapest, Hungary
Time taken: February 1945
Author: Eugene Khaldey

 

 

Sources of information about the DFS-230:
1. lib.rus.ec
2. A. Vasilchenko «100 days in the bloody hell. Budapest – “Danube Stalingrad”? ”
3. www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com

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