He 162 production

[Seaplanes]

The last Production plan I have seen is the RLM Flugzeug-Programm Nr. 227 dated 15. Desember 1944. Up to 30.11.1944 no series production He 162 had been delivered. Outstanding orders at 30.11.1944 were:

He 162A-1 fighters with 2 x MK 108. 5180 aircraft was ordered from JFM for a production run from February 1945 to March 1946. 5397 aircraft was ordered from Kunze with a production run from March 1945 to March 1946.

He 162A-2 fighters with 2 x MG 151. 685 aircraft ordered from EHFW to be delivered from January 1945 to March 1946. 2635 aircraft ordered from EHFR to be delivered from January 1945 to March 1946.

He 162A-3 trainers. 500 ordered from HWO to be delivered from April 1945 to March 1946.

JFM is Junkers, EHFW is probably Heinkel Wien, EHFR is Heinkel Rostock and HWO is Heinkel Oldenburg. I do not know about Kunze.

I do know that there are some production statistics for January, February and March 1945, but I can not reach them at the moment. Perhaps someone else have them on hand.

[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by Seaplanes

The last Production plan I have seen is the RLM Flugzeug-Programm Nr. 227 dated 15. Desember 1944.

That is extremely interesting! Why were the aircraft with 20 mm cannon to be produced alongside those with 30 mm cannon armament?

Regards,

Paul