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Originally Posted by Simon Schatz
Have a detailed look at the fin of White 5! It's the one and only He 162 I have ever seen with two different coloured vertical fins. Left one is RLM 76 and right one RLM 82.
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Yes, saw that also... It's already noted inside the above list
Note also that there is not any W.Nr. on this green right fin...
But it's not the only one...
When it had been pictured at Leck, 120223 "yellow 1" was under repair with a missing wing tip on it's left wing and with a new green fin and rudder on the right side!
Strangely when 120015 had been examinated in 1970 it was discovered the W.Nr.120223 painted in black on it's right rudder!!!
But with good eyes you will see from the photo that a white swastika is visible under the black one, so the original fin color was green. (Interesting to note how the white swastika was slightly higher and bigger than the latter black one. They are both in correct size and position so it's not a post war French job)
The 120015 right rudder in 1970 thanks to Jean-Claude Mermet:
http://modelarchives.free.fr/photosc...empennages.JPG
Conclusion: After surrender Germans gave helps to fly, to repair but also to finish the painting and marking job. Jean-Claude Mermet told me that it was the Germans who added the red arrow on nose from 120086 and "yellow 3" after surrender. On this same way it seems that they also try to finish to repair 120223, including the overpainting from it's green right rudder with RLM76 and the corresponding black markings.
Cheers, Olivier