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39. Wollenweber, p. 138, identifies the eighth He 162 in the left-side line-up at Leck, as an A-2, W.Nr. 120223, "Yellow 1". Franks, p. 24, concurs that 120223 was "Yellow 1" and allocated to the French.
This photo, taken after 9 May 1945, shows W.Nr. 120223 in a field at Leck. Gunpowder residue in front of the cannon port indicates that the MG 131/20 had been fired. The Lippisch Ear has the same scalloped dark camo edge as the W.Nr. 120067, "White 4". Note that there is no white surround on the "Yellow 1".
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40. The components of the He 162 W.Nr. 120223 in February 1946 were shipped overland to the Armée de l'Air depot at Nanterrez, near Paris and with four other He 162 airframes went to the SNCAC facility at Boulogne-Billancourt where three A-2s were made airworthy. W.Nr. 120223 became French He 162 "No.1". However, after being painted, with the muzzles of it's MG 131/20 cannon protruding, "No.1" received the tail module of He 162 A-1 W.Nr 310005.
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41. Franks, p. 23 captions this photo as "The first airworthy A-2 was W/Nr. 120223 and it was seen here at the CEAM facility at Mont-de-Marsan in 1947." The last recorded flight ny an He 162 in France was undertaken on 23 July 1948 using "No.1", piloted by Capt. Georges Schlienge, from Monr-de-Marsan. However, " the take-off was slow and after a minute in the air the He 162 turned to port, its wheels still down, stalled and crashed killing the pilot.", Franks p.24. The other two airworthy He 162s in France were immediately grounded. In 1949, "No.2" was sent as an instructional airframe at the French Air Force's mechanic's school at Rochefort-sur-Mer where it was repainted in "Bordeaux Red".
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42. Now redundant, in July 1952, "No.2" was sent to the Musée de l'Air at Meudon where it was painted a dark shiny green that faded with age.
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43. In 1973, "No.2" was moved to the Musée de l'Air et Espace at Le Bourget airport, where upon examination of its tail it was found that its
werknummer was 120223!
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44. As a result of the above discovery, in 1975, "No.2" was displayed as "120223" at Le Bourget.
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45. This photo shows how "No.2" was later displayed at Le Bourget as "Yellow 1" W.Nr 120223 until being re-examined in 2005. Note how the red arrow is wrongly receded from the tip of the nose.