Crashed He 162 photo help

[Trexx2017]

Hello Gents,

A few years ago there was a picture put on this site of a personal GI WWII period photograph showing a gear down crashed He-162. I was hoping this picture would reappear in some newer publication in the years following the discovery, however my search has come up empty.

The photo is reversed because the swastika is shown in revere on the photograph. The W/Nr appears in the 31XXXX range and the forward fuselage camoflage demarcation shows the particular aircraft to be a Junkers built machine.

The note on the picture mentions the following: Early 1945, WWII German Jet plane we shot down! Fortunately it was near the end of the war and they only bombed us a few times. Please return to Chuck Coe.

Does anyone have a good copy of this photo or know more about the picture? The exact date or perhaps a good idea what the W/Nr would be? This picture could seem to capture more of a t/o /landing accident with the gear down. (?) Only one or two were ever shot down and the W/Nr don’t support this particular W/Nr.

Hoping someone out there might have more information. Thanks for any help with my question in advance.

Troy