Red 2 on display at RAF Museum Hendon. This Volksjäger was built at Heinkel-Nord and delivered to II./JG1 at Marienehe. I./JG1 would pick up their jets from the factory to operate out of Parchim. In the final weeks of WW2, JG1 "Oesau" had to move to Ludwigslust, Warnemünde and finally to Leck, where on 30 Apr 1945 I. and II./JG1 were combined into I. (Einsatz)/JG1 and II. (Sammel)/JG1. Fuel shortages curtailed the wing from flying their jets. The aircraft was surrendered to the Allies on 6 May 45. Post WW2 it was stored at RAF Colerne and restored in 1976, moving to the museum in 1989.

Picture was taken by Terry Parris, part of my private slides collection.

This jet was captured by the British troops at Leck on 15 May 1945 as "Weisse 21". It was selected to go to the French Air Force for investigation and test flights in 1946. Around 1950 it was sent to the Rochefort-Sur- Mer Air Force mechanics school for instructional use, and it received a bordaux-red color scheme. Later the aircraft arrived at Le Bourget Halle B in 1975 and received green overall paint scheme. Mid 2010 it arrived at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace near Paris, France as fake 120223. In June 2015 it received unit serial "Gelbe 21". Picture is part of my private slides collection.

This aircraft is seen here as "Gelbe 6" of 3./JG1 at the old location of the Imperial War Museum in London - South Lambeth, UK. The aircraft moved to Duxford in October 2012. This 120235 was captured by Allies at Leck, Germany in May 1945 as "Rote 6" (2./JG1) and taken to the UK. It went to Farnborough for testing as "AM68" but actually it never flew. After withdrawal it was taken to RAF Cranwell in August 1946 where it was put on display/storage. In 1960 it was handed over to the Imperial War Museum. It was restored becoming "Gelbe 6".

Volksjäger on display at the Planes of Fame Air Museum. This He-162 of 2./JG 1 "Oesau" was flown by Staffelkapitän Ltn Gerhard Hanf from Leck. It carries the wolf's head emblem of III./JG 77, which was Hanf's previous unit based in Romania. The engine unit is painted in RLM 81 and the tail fins in RLM 76. After its capture, the aircraft went to Cherbourg in dismantled condition to be shipped to the USA. The He-162 was flown only once at Muroc Dry Lake by legendary test pilot Bob Hoover and donated to the Univ. of Kansas. It was acquired by Eddie Fisher and then Ed Maloney for the museum.

Ex Air Min 68. The restoration of the aircraft has involved removal of paint and revelation of the roundels on the wings as a consequence.

Thanksgiving Week celebrations at the end of WWII. Aircraft captured at Leck on 8 May 1945. Preserved in Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa. Photo by: Imperial War Museums

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This Heinkel 162 was apparently test flown in the UK after WW2 and then spent time on display at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa before moving to Berlin in 2011.

One of the three Salamander tested by French Air Force at the end of WW2. This He 162 A-2 (Werknummer 120015) formerly of III./JG1, has been entirely restored at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace. It is one of the seven Salamander still existing. Just above the rare preserved Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 used from german Uboote during WW2.

This reconstruction or restoration of this Volksjäger (when does one become the other? - take your pick) contains many original parts. As such it is a mighty fine exhibit on display at the super Luftfahrttechnisches Museum Rechlin.

Now at RAF Museum, Hendon

This Volksjäger was built at the Heinkel-Nord plant in Rostock-Marienehe, Germany around late Feb. or Mar. 1945. It was captured from the Luftwaffe at Leck on VE Day and shipped to the UK the following month to be exhibited as a war trophy in Hyde Park. The plane was shipped to Canada in Sep. 1946 and placed into storage by the RCAF. It was acquired by the Canada Aviation & Space Museum in 1967 and is on display unrestored giving this exhibit a real sense of history and gravitas.

This He-162 was captured by the British at Leck and transported to the US in 1945 for evaluation. Fortunately 'Nervenklau' (Nerve Stealer) has survived and is on display at the Planes of Fame museum.

Captured in Germany and brought to the USA, and eventually broken up in 1950. The wings went to the Smithsonian Institute which used them to restore their He 162, serial 120222.

The Germans hoped that the small jet-powered Volksjäger (People's Fighter) would sweep clean the skies over the crumbling Third Reich - and that it would do so in the hands of rookie pilots.