DFS 6
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The designation DFS 6 is a purported model number of a German glider made in the 1930s. DFS model 6 may have been a target glider made only as a prototype in 1936, or may also be the same as the DFS B6 made in 1938. When DFS took over all glider work in 1933, various glider names and projects were confused. The DFS B6 (crew: one; length: 20.342 ft., 6.200 m; wingspan: 52.493 ft., 16.000 m) may be a totally unrelated glider, or the planes could be the same.
Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft, nationalized to form the DFS, often named its aircraft Model x (with x being a number), such as the Model 4, a development glider made by Lippisch. There was indeed a model 6 made by Lippisch, but it was a very light glider known as the Storch Model 6, which was an experimental craft to test wing design. Neither could carry a pilot nor could be used for target practice. Since the company was nationalized to become the DFS, it is not at all clear how it fits together.
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