27K views · 670 reactions | War die Heinkel He 162 der günstigste Düsenjäger des Krieges | Deutsche Geschichte | Facebook

Heinkel He 162 - an ‘emergency fighter’ that was as much a danger to its own pilots as it was to the enemy. #ww2 #ww2history #heinkel #WWII #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

6K views · 112 reactions | Heinkel He 162 ‘Red 2’ at The Royal Air Force Museum London - one of the first operational types to be equipped with an ejection seat. #ww2 #ww2history #WWII #wwiihistory #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

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