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

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

Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger under restoration at Imperial War Museum Duxford #ww2 #ww2history #warbirds #heinkel #luftwaffe | Daniel J Wheatcroft

46K views · 1.7K reactions | Heinkel He 111 - the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s tactical bombing fleet. Seeing service in the Spanish Civil War with the Condor Legion, the He 111 would later be utilised in WWII on all fronts. #ww2 #ww2history #WWII #wwiihistory #luftwaffe | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

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