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Type: Heavy Cargo Glider
Origin: Messerscmitt AG
Models: A and B
First Flight: March 7, 1941
Service Delivery: June 1941
Final Delivery: April 1942

Engine: None

Dimensions:
Wing span: 55m (180 ft. 5½ in.)
Length: 28.15m (92 ft. 4¼ in.)
Height: 10.15m (33 ft. 3½ in.)
Wing Surface Area: N/A

   Weights:
Empty: 12,400kg (27,432 lbs.)
Maximum: 34,400kg (75,852 lbs.)

Performance:
Maximum Speed: 160km/h (99 mph) on tow
Initial climb: 492ft/min (150m/min) towed by 3 Bf 110's)
Range: N/A
Service Ceiling: N/A

Armament:
Two Twin 7.92mm MG 15 mounted in windows

Avionics:
N/A

Comment:
One of the largest aircraft to see large scale production in World War II, the Me 321 could deliver up to 22 tonnes of cargo or a full company of infantry.


Me 321 taking off with RATO and 3 Me 110's.
Same group as Image 1. Liftoff.
Same group as Image 1. Jettisoning RATO packs.
Close-up of 321 lifting off.
Not sure wiether it's landing or taking off, the trolley is detatched but the RATO bottle are still attached.
Rear shot of a take-off. Being pulled by a Ju 290?.
Me 321 taking off firing first set of RATO packs.
Another take-off shot.
A Me 321 being serviced.

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Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London