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German Aeronautical Research Institute
Secret German aerospace research facility during the Second World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Deutsche Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt (LFA/German Aeronautical Research Institute, also known as the Hermann Göring Research Institute)[1] was a secret German facility for airframe, aeroengine, and aircraft weapons testing during the Second World War.[2] It was located near Völkenrode, on the western outskirts of Braunschweig (Brunswick), near what became the Inner German Border.[3] The site was Germany's "most advanced and extensive [aviation] research establishment,[4] outside of the existing Erprobungsstelle network of military aviation evaluation facilities, themselves headquartered at Rechlin.
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