I saw in Galland's book that he called them 'kites' but none of the
pilots I've interviewed called them anything other than a "Me" or "Turbo".

Probably a British translator....

I wonder what term he used in German? If the translator was doing his
job, it had to be some sort of slang.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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