Heinkel 162 Volksjäger - Ottawa, Ontario
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This Heinkel 162 Volksjäger is on permanent display at the Space and Aviation Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMYN00
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/01/2018
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Text of the plaque:
Heinkel 162 Volksjäger
Designed and produced at break-neck speed, the Volksjager or people's fighter was designed and built in only 90 days. The inexpensive wood and metal airplane could be assembled by semi-skilled labourers. Germany planned to construct thousands of these jet fighters, and provide training to novice pilots using only gliders. This desperate plan was never realized because the war came to an end. Very few of these aircrafts saw action, and exact production numbers are unknown.
"Provenance:
Transfer from the Royal Canadian Air Force
This Volksjäger was assembled by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke GmbH at the Heinkel-Nord plant in Rostock-Marienehe, Germany, probably in late February or March 1945. The aircraft was captured from the Luftwaffe at Leck on May 8, 1945. Shipped to the United Kingdom in June of the same year, it was exhibited as a war trophy in Hyde Park, London during September. Stored in the United Kingdom until the following spring, it was shipped to Canada in September 1946 and, in the RCAF's possession, likely stored. It was transferred to the Canadian War Museum in 1964 and to this Museum by 1967."
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