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The DFS 228 was a rocket-powered high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS – German 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.The initial design of the DFS 228 was undertaken before the outbreak of war as a research aircraft the DFS 54 aimed at developing a high-altitude escape system for sailplanes.