He 162 Archives

12th December 2024

6 December 1944 – first flight of Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger

5th December 2024 Milan Doležal

On 6th December 1944, new German single-engine jet fighter, Heinkel He 162, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was developed under Jägernotprogramm (English: Emergency Fighter Programme), issued by Reichsluftfahrtministerium (English: Ministry of Aviation) on 3rd […]

Heinkel He 162 A-2 Volksjäger

28th November 2023 Milan Doležal

Heinkel He 162 A-2 Volksjäger (c/n 120227, formerly VN679 of the RAF), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2018. By early 1944, the German aviation authorities slowly began realising that […]

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