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TypeRh~nadlerLuftkurortPoppenhausenFalkeObsRh~nadlerRh~nbussardSeeadlerZoegling 35Condor 2ASG038Condor 3Olympj.a MeiseGrunau Baby 2AEW 18Grunau Baby 2B**Kunz SchulerNosbuilt during years Designer Version - Details1225165220120125001025205402001929-'19301930-19311931-19351932-19331932-19401933-19401935-19361935-19381938-19391938-19421938-19411939-19411941-19431942-19441943-19451943-1945LippischSchleicher/LJippischLippischHans JacobsHans JacobsHans Jacobs16m tandem 2-'seater.Tandem 2-seater.Span 14mSteel tUbe/woodoSpan 26m. Sideby-sideseated.1704 mo span.1403 m. span.AerobaticoJacobs (DFS) 1704 m span. FlyingBoat.Stamer/Lippisch Span 12 m. with &without nacelle.H. Dittmar/H. GomolzigE. SchneiderDittmar/SchleicherHans JacobsCantilever 17.24 m.spanoSpan 10 m.Cantilever 17.24 m.spano15 m. span.E. Schneider 13.2 m. span.W~thout air brakesoErnst Weber Wood. Al1u/steel e18m spaneE. Schneider 13. 2m. ,span. 1;Vithair brakes.Grou.nd Trainers forgliding.Previous to this we have published details of German wartime gliderproduction but, although the firm 0' Schleicher was mentioned (SFP),its figures were not included.If we now add the SG.38, Grunau Babies and Meises built bySchleichers to the already published figures of the same typesbuilt by other firms, we come nearer to authenticating a true GrandTotal of gliders built in Germany during those years. If theSchleicher production of before the war, of some of the mostpopular types flowr:. in Germany at that time, 1s added some moreidea can be gained of the vast fleet of gliders which awaited the\JITorld in 19450SG.38sThe following numbers were built by the firms:Pander Zweefvliegtuigbouw,HollandPetersen Flugzeugbau, HamburgKFW?RFN?Alexander Schleicher3381138026841300500The Grand Total built by firms comes to 9245
Many more must have been built by grollps 0Grlmau BabiesThe followi_ng numbers were built by the· firms:Edrnund Schneider Flugzeugbau, GrunauJacobs Schweyer FlugzevgbauSchwarzwald FlugzeugbauPetera Flugzeugbau ~ohenelbeAlexander Schle~cherThe Grand Total built by firms is now -2134425225830603674Many more were built by groups.Olympia MeissesThe following were built by the firms:Ferdinand Schmetz HerzongenrathAlexander SchleicherThe new total is now60125626Our previous total of gliders built dur5.ng the war in Germany was14,845 c/a*o If one now adds the survivors of the 110 Minimoas,220 Rh~nbussards, 65 Rh~nadlers, 100 Rh~nsperbers, 60 DFS Weihes?= 555 a/c, we can say that probably at least 16,000 gliders awaitedthe world in 19450 Comments on the above are:1. Wartime glider production far exceeded prewar production;2. The 9245 SG.38s were very basic gliders;3. The Alexander Schleicher Cantilever Condor Production (22) wasprobably the total nlUnber of the type ever built;4. Whereas we are getting nearer the true story of the productionfigures, there probably were other firms bUilding gliders. Wehave no information as yet about the prewar production ofKranichs (and DFS Weihes?) from the Flugzeugbau Schweyer.It would also be very interesting to learn of the production figuresfor SG.38s, Grunau Babies, Kranich 2s and Weihes in Spain.* We think that the original figure (4104) of Grunau Babies builtwas in error.*-* The Kunz Schulers were very basic non-flying devices forchildren designed by Seff Kunz, and VIe think should not becounted among the gliders.That the over 16000 gliders, of wh:ich over 9000 \fIlere primarip.s,did not "greet the world i.n 1945" was because nearly all of themwere destroyed, by Germans, displaced persons, and by the alliedarmies under Ol'ders to destroy aircraft, ships, industry, etc.,everything except farms o
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