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83. Both Wollenweber, p. 138, and Franks, p. 22, identify the fifteenth He 162 in the line-ups, beside "Yellow 21", as W.Nr. 120093, "White 2". This, too, was shipped by train to France in February 1946.
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84. In this cropped photo of the SNCAC facility at Boulogne-Billancourt in March 1946, it can be seen that W.Nr. 120093 is virtually intact except for its engine and nacelle. Note that in examining the aircraft, French technicians left an identifiable small whie "donut" on the fuselage in front of the tailplane joint.
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85. It is likely that it was at Boulogne that the three airworthy He 162 A-2s in France got their identities as "No.1", "No.2" and "No.3". Here, W.Nr. 120093 is identifiable as "No.3".
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86. As "No.3", W.Nr. 120093 was shipped by train to the SNAC flight test facility at Orleans-Bricy and began flight tests in April 1947. That summer, the three airworthy He 162s were shipped by rail to the CEAM airfield at Mont-de-Marsan where flight tests recommenced in September 1947.
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87. Flight tests continued until the fatal crash of "No.1" on 23 July 1948, at which both survivors were grounded and put into storage.
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88. It was decided that "No.3" in 1949 would be sent to the
École de l'Air at Salon-de-Provence where mechanics could learn how to ground run the BMW oo3 jet engine. "Once the engine ceased to operate any more, the air frame was relegated as a training airframe for the Base's fire brigade ... until it disappeared at some stage in the mid-1950's," Franks, p. 24.