He-162 Restoration at the Musee de l'Air

[mike furline]

Lots of pics, but slow to load.

http://memorial.flight.free.fr/He162.html

http://memorial.flight.free.fr/He162photo.html

Regards,
Mike

[daniel-k]

Memorial Flight is an excellent restoration centre.

They also restore a rare Swedish J 22 warbird. It will be the only one flying.
http://memorial.flight.free.fr/J22/projetj22.html

[bax101]

what is with the number 15 on the side of the He-162? how come it looks so faded compared to the rest of the Aircraft? And where did they get it from was it in storage?

[51fixer]

what is with the number 15 on the side of the He-162? how come it looks so faded compared to the rest of the Aircraft? And where did they get it from was it in storage?

Could be original>
Rich

[DaveM2]

what is with the number 15 on the side of the He-162? how come it looks so faded compared to the rest of the Aircraft? And where did they get it from was it in storage?

Aircraft was on display at the LeBourget Museum until the Memorial Flight got it for restoration to original condition. Paint was stripped back and the airframe dismantled. Once returned to original condition and markings it will go back on display.

Dave

[RMAllnutt]

what is with the number 15 on the side of the He-162? how come it looks so faded compared to the rest of the Aircraft? And where did they get it from was it in storage?

If you look through the report, the #15 was part the last two digits of the aircraft's werke numer (serial number). It was found when they carefully sanded back through the paint work, during restoration, to determine what markings the aircraft had worn during it's career. This number was written on the bare metal, so it makes sense that it is actually a line number, written on the aircraft during it's production to identify it from the other aircraft on the factory floor... much like what was done in any other aircraft factory at the time.

Hope this helps.

Richard

[bax101]

thanks for the information guys. I was just curious about that.