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35. Wollenweber, p. 138, lists the sixth He 162 on the left side as He 162 A-2 W.Nr 120017 "Yellow 6, to USA, #T2-494." Franks, p. 28, gives it as "310017 (some state 120017, others 310012)". He agrees that it is "Yellow 6" and shipped to the USA "where it was allotted Foreign Equipment number FE-494." "It is believed to have been used for spare parts for FE-495 and then scrapped."
This photo shows the factory fresh W.Nr. 310017 (the diagonal stroke in the last digit is too long to be a "2"). It has the typical A-1 upper camo pattern that extends to the tip of the nose.
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36. Therefore, if the sixth aircraft were W.Nr. 310017, it would clearly have dark camo on the upper part of its nose tip extending back
below the canopy. Conversely, if it were the early 120017, because of the high demarcation of that series, it would have no dark camo on the nose nor under the canopy. This poor photo shows no dark camo, so I conclude it is 120017.
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37. I have yet to see a photo showing the seventh aircraft at Leck, in the line-up on the left side. Both Wollenweber and Franks give the
werknummer as 120098. Wollenweber, p. 138, give its code as "Yellow 3" on the fuselage directly below the windscreen. Franks gives it as "White 2 (not confirmed)" on p. 21. This photo shows it taking off from RAE Farnborough. Allocated Air Ministry number "67", it had arrived on 11 June 1945, one of the first. On 14 June it received RAF serial VH513 and was given to RAE's Aero Flight section and flown over twenty times between 3 August and 30 November 1945. Last seen, according to Franks, in the scrap compound at Farnborough on 15 December 1946. it is presumed to have been scrapped.
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38. In this photo, if you look closely, you can see an overpainted "White 2" in its proper position on the fuselage immediately behind and below the periplex canopy. Note that the colour of the forward engine cowl matches that of the centre of the RAF roundel.