The Very Last Operational New German Fighter Model Of WW2

nt (Krztalizer) wrote in message ...
The He-162 actually had its one and only
confirmed kill on April 19, before it was officialy operational (the
He-162 was shot down by another Allied plane before it got back to base).

No Allied pilot fits for the claim, nor was there an Allied claim for the 162
returning to base. Currently, the folks who dig through archives looking for
evidence of such things say that there was never an abschuss report filed, or,
for that matter, a loss recorded by JG 1 at the time suggested.

Two other kills were claimed for He-162, but not confirmed.

No confirmation process in place after February 45!

v/r
Gordon

The April 19th kill has always been questionable to me. The records
from I/JG-1 indicate that they did not recieve the first He-162 until
Feb 26, 1945. On April 1, 1945 they had 4 aircraft and by April 16,
1945 had 16. Nevertheless, the Germans claim these kills:

Feb '45: I/JG-1, Oberst Herbert Ihlefeld's wingman, Sill, near
Kircheim-Treck
April 26, 1945: I/JG-1, Unteroffizer Rechenbach
May 4, 1945: I/JG-1 Leutnant Rudolf Schmitt, near Rostock, Typhoon
aircraft

No mention of a I/JG-1 kill for April 19, 1945 which comes from
Green's outdated "Warplanes of the Third Reich".

I find the first kill in Feb '45 dubious since I/JG-1 wasn't ready for
combat until mid-April 1945. The two other kills are usually the ones
generally accepted and the last one is verified as Schmitt was
captured by the British and treated with respect, an invited guest at
the Staff Officers Club.

Rob

p.s. the He-162 Salamander was originally intended to be called the
He-500 Spatz (Sparrow)