Some enlarged and 'tweaked' photos of He 162s

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70. This cropped photo of the far end of the right side of the line-up shows the twelfth He 162, next to "Red 1", to be "Yellow 4", identified by Wollenweber, p. 138, and Franks, p. 18, as W.Nr. 120076.


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71. W.Nr. 120076 was allocated Air Ministry number "59" and arrived at RAE Farnborough on 15 June 1945 by surface transport. One of the earliest He 162s to arrive, it was given RAF serial VH523 on 19 June and began flight tests on the 29th of that month. This is a photo of W.Nr. 120076 on the taxiway at Farnborough.


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72. In this photo, VH523 is seen at Farnborough on 2 August 1945 when Bell's chief test pilot, Jack Woolam, flew it to RAF Brize Norton, where it was put into storage by No. 6 MU.
Note that at Leck, the "Yellow 4", wappen and German national markings were painted out and RAF roundels and fin flashes added. As an A-2, the upper dark camo tapers to points under the wing, and the MG 131 cannon muzzle protrudes in the gunport.


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73. W.Nr. 120076, "Yellow 4" of 3./JG 1 was shipped to Canada aboard SS Manchester Commercein the summer of 1946, arriving at Montreal on 9 September. Eventually brought to the Canadian Aeronautical Collection at RCAF Rockcliffe (Ottawa, Ontario), it was repainted as an A-1 with its upward sweep of the dark camo to the wing's leading and aft edges. Note the "Wolf's head" wappen of 2./JG 1.


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74. This is a close-up of the repainting done by the Canadians on the tail of 120076. In December 2006, "Yellow 4" was traded for a Bristol Freighter, G-AANW, to Aero Vintage in the UK. In 2009, the He 162 was moved to the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin.


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75. This is a view of the fuselage and nose during disassembly in preparation for shipment to Germany.


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76. W.Nr. 120076 is extant and now on display in Germany.