General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Predom. non-ferrous metal; possibly wood; rubber tires.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

9.05 m

Width

7.2 m

Height

2.6 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Heinkel

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Marienehe

Context

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

Period

WWII (1939-1945); first flown Dec. 6, 1944; made available to Luftwaffe in 1945.

Canada

Unknown

Function

Aerial combat; intended for use in the defence of Germany against Allied bombing raids.

Technical

The Heinkel He 162 jet fighter was conceived, designed, and built in 90 days as a last attempt by Germany to avoid defeat in Second World War. Intended as an inexpensive fighter, the Heinkel He 162 could be built by semi-skilled labour out of non-strategic materials. After initial aerodynamic and structural problems were solved, the German Air Force began receiving Heinkel He 162s in 1945, but there is no evidence that they saw action. Records from the period are incomplete, and it is not known exactly how many were built. Total scheduled output of Heinkel He 162s was to be 4,000 per month. Pilots supplied for this vast output were to be given glider training and assigned directly to this jet fighter. It is fortunate that this plan was never realised since the He 162 was no machine for the inexperienced. Even seasoned pilots had to use extremely smooth and delicate control movements to stay out of trouble. A rudimentary ejection seat carried the pilot past the engine air-intake on bailout.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Registration number painted on outside surfaces of both vertical stabilizers reads: "120086"; lettering painted or stenciled on fuselage at various points along port side reads: "Aussenbordstechdosel/im Bugradraum"; Hier unterbocken"; "Vordem Start muB/Startmannschaft kontrolliern/ob Duse auf S- Stellung gefahren"; Hier unterbocken"; lettering painted or stenciled on fuselage at various points along starboard side reads: "Hier unterbocken"; "Saue[illeg.]/Aussenbordansch[illeg.]"; "Hier unterbocken".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Predom. painted dark green on top & light green on bottom; black painted section on top of fuselage between engine & tail; engine has silver band around intake & black band around exhaust; black tires & landing gear; black & white insignia; clear cockpit windows; red arrow on both sides of nose section.

Decoration

Iron cross insignia on both sides of fuselage aft of engine & on top and bottom of both wings; swastika on outside surfaces of both vertical stabilizers.