Homebuilt East Germany escape aircraft - photo

[Frank S]

Pretty interesting design and execution. I see the guy who built it was a Dr of something....seems like he had more knowledge than the average guy for building an airplane. I wonder if would actually fly?

Looking at it, it appears to have an engine mounted on either side of the wing seeing the propeller facing to the rear.
I bet it could have flown or at least made a short hop high enough and long enough to clear the border, but they would have probably been shot down or killed before taking off.
Edit;After reading the article I think it would have been greatly under powered with the 2 motorcycle engines if that was 28KW total It may have managed to become airborne but I imagine it would have required a long runway.