Heinkel He 162 upper wingcolour Mystery

[pikas]

The bf109 WNr:163824 in Australia still wears its original camouflage,too.

[DaveM2]

Slightly off topic, but has anyone seen post capture photos of 120015 now in France? Looking for the original tactical number.

regards
Dave

[Simon Schatz]

Hi Stephen!

I contacted Miroslav Bily (Publisher of the MBI He 162 booklet) and he is the same opinion as you. The upper wing camo ist the work of some "artists" and not Luftwaffe camo. Do you know pics of the 120086?

DaveM2: I translated the restauration website, but the tactical number of 120015 is not named. Maybe they will find out during the restauration. I haven't seen a wartime pic of 120015.

Cheers, Simon

[SMF144]

Hi Simon,

I do and many. Take a look at the following link of pics of 86

www.clubhyper.com/ reference/he162sf_1.htm

Stephen

[Simon Schatz]

Hi Stephen!

Impressive! Have you some colour pics of the wing?

Interesting is the camouflage colour of the fuselage. More green than brown.

On two pics the engine cover is visible. They look much darker than the green on the fuselage! Also wothy a mention is the heat protection on the upper side of the fuselage cone behind the engine. Never seen that before.

Your link doesn't work. Here is the correct one. http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/he162sf_1.htm

Cheers, Simon

[George Hopp]

Is it my imagination or is the green of one wing panel a slightly different shade of green than the other?

[Sergio Luis dos Santos]

Originally Posted by George Hopp

Is it my imagination or is the green of one wing panel a slightly different shade of green than the other?

Well, in according with the factory camo scheme one wing is to be entirely painted in a single color and the other in another color. So it matches the official scheme, I guess. It´s interesting the dark area after the engine, looks a heat compound to prevent damage on fuselage.

It would be nice to have a complete walk around of this plane assembled prior any restoration. A pity the Komet also in Australia got wrong colors after the restoration since it was in nice shape (jugding by photos of it´s original wartime colors).

[jad]

He 162 Ebay photos :

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