Leck He 162s

[vzlion]

How many He 162s were surrendered/captured at Leck. I have seen the number 27 and 31. Which is correct. TIA.

Walt

[O.Menu]

From J.C.Mermet, "Les Jets de la Luftwaffe", Aéro Journal HS N°4, Dec 2002:

"From BAFO (British Air Forces of Occupation) documents: 31 air worthy He 162 were captured by the Allied over the Reich, among them 27 were captured at Leck airfield, two (W.Nr. 220092 & 220100) at Tulln (30km North-West of Vienna) and two are not yet correctly identified."

So probably a little more than 27 He 162 may have be found at Leck since some were probably not air worthy...

[vzlion]

Thanks for your reply. That explains the different counts. Interesting about the two aircraft in Tulin. Those are the highest 22xxxx series w/n that I have seen. Walt

[Simon Schatz]

Hi O.Menu

what's your source about 220092 and 220100 in Tulln?

My sources say that 220030 was the last W.nr of the Languste production. (not finished)
I have seen a pic of a wreck found in Langenlebarn and not Tulln. It crashlanded there on march 31st 1945. W.nr is not clear to read, but I think it's 220022 and not 220092.

Cheers, Simon

[O.Menu]

I though i made my source pretty clear

From J.C.Mermet, "Les Jets de la Luftwaffe", Aéro Journal HS N°4, Dec 2002 and himself from BAFO... Cant say more...

[Stig Jarlevik]

Hi All

I would be very cautious regarding the WNr of the He 162 found at Tulln.
Why they should be mentioned in a British document is also puzzling since Austria was NOT British territory at all, which Leck on the other hand was!

The Wnr group 22 xx xx was built by Werk Languste, EHAG and 20+ had been finished by the end of April. Last listed WNr is 220030 (See Griehl Flugzeug 6/95)

Of course new details has certainly been found since, but the true source of these high WNr is at least wanted by me

Cheers
Stig

[Simon Schatz]

Stig!

Langenlebarn Airport was captured by the Sowjets April 7th 1945. Maybe there exist some pics made by russian soldiers?

End of Juli 1945 the airfield was handed over to the US-Troops.

Cheers, simon

[David E. Brown]

Simon,

The source of the Tulln He 162's Werknummer is a Jim Crow photo of the aircraft. While the werknummer is visible in ny copy of the photo, it is not legible. However, it must be in the original as Jim indicates on the back that the Werknummer is "220092". Perhaps it would be worthwhile to contact him directly to confirm this.

Cheers,

David

[Simon Schatz]

Hi David!

I know the pic, because Jim sent the original one here to Vienna to scan it. The quality is really bad and there is a black spot exactly at the with an X marked position of the number: 2200X2. The rest of the W.Nr. is clear egible. From the roundings the number could be 220002, 220022 or 220090.

Cheers, Simon

[vzlion]

A simple question that turned into an really interesting thread. What about 220100? Also a very high number. Now for a harder question, does anyone have a list of the He 162s captured at Leck? I seed to remember seeing one somewhere several years ago. Thanks, Walt