120235 was thought to have served with I/JG1, and was captured at Leck in May 1945. It was brought back to the United Kingdom and given the Air Ministry identification number 63, and after storage in various locations was displayed at Cranwell. It is reported to have been test flown at the RAE, probably in 1945-46, and was subsequently in store at No.6 MU Brize Norton.
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Luftwaffe pilot training was so rudimentary by 1945, they had to resort to painting arrows on the front of the plane so the newbies knew which way they were meant to be going.
Luftwaffe pilot training was so rudimentary by 1945, they had to resort to painting arrows on the front of the plane so the newbies knew which way they were meant to be going.
How about this then? The Germans knew what was coming by the time the He 162 was in service they painted the Rauchen Verboten sign in the hangar in English!