Kris Hendrix, Researcher at the Royal Air Force #Museum, tells the fascinating story of the #Heinkel He 162 'People's Fighter'. It was a last-ditch wonder weapon jet fighter created by the Nazi war machine to turn the tide of the #SecondWorldWar and destroy the Allied bomber fleet. It was designed to be as simple as possible: to be produced by unskilled slave labour in abandoned caves and flown by Hitlerjugend boys with only minimal glider training. Luckily for all sides, it arrived too late to

The Heinkel He 219 ‘Uhu’. A good design, but certainly no Mosquito, and without cavity magnetron technology, still equipped with a draggy antenna array #warbirds #ww2 #ww2history #heinkel #luftwaffe | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The Heinkel He 219 ‘Uhu’ at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, wearing her striking dorsal disruptive camouflage pattern #ww2 #ww2history #warbirds #luftwaffe #smithsonian | Daniel J Wheatcroft

This model is 22 years old and has more than 80 hours of flight time. Arthur Kohler built it end of the 90's and flies it frequently. Model data: Scale 1/5 Span: 1.5 m / 59" Weight: 8 kg / 17.6 pounds Turbine: KJ 66 (home made) Extras: Pneumatic gears and brakes The kit was purchased in the US (not available anymore) A kit of the same size can be ordered at PAF Modellbau https://shop.strato.de/epages/61316787.sf/de_AT/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61316787/Products/"Heinkel He-162 Salamander" | RC Scale Ai

Coming along… 27 Dec and 9 Feb on the He 162 Volksjäger restoration at IWM Duxford. #ww2 #wwii #ww2history #heinkel #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft