The special series of pictures (originally from a b/w small-movie) are connected to the fatal accident of the He-162 V-1 on 10th of december 1944. This was the date of the official introduction of the new Heinkel peoples fighter (the official maiden flight was on december the 6th). This accident originated in the wrong glue agent, you mentioned. This was figured out and the problem was solved. It belongs to the V-1, V-2, V-3 and V-4, only (they have been ordered to fly them at speeds of 500 Km/h, only because of this). It is not a general problem to be connected with the He-162. However, its lifetime wasn´t that long, resulting in another accident of a He-162 with a british pilot in post war times. The biggest advantage of the He-162 was the much more reliable powerplant. The BMW-003 E-0, E-1 and E-2 are very reliable and not that sensitive to throttle settings (esspecially compared to the Me-262´s Jumo-004 B)and they have a slightly higher lifetime. This powerplant also weights less than a Jumo and it produces for 30 seconds a higher thrust (920-930 Kp instead of 800 under normal 100% power setting, call it overrew). Unlinke the Me-262, this allows the pilot to maneuvre the plane up to the pilots confidence. I think there are four claims of aerial victories of the He-162 from which one has been confirmed officially by the Luftwaffe:
No.--------date----------area--------pilot------------------eyewitnesses-----
1---------?2./3.45------Lechfeld--Ot Ihlefeldt----------- Fw. Sell
2----------19.4.45------Ngerm----Fw G. Kirchner-------captured british pilot
3a--------26.4.45------Ngerm----Uff Rechenberger----Olt Demuth, Stabint Siegfried
3b--------2.5.45-------Ngerm----Uff Rechenberger----*probably identical with 3a, in my mind the date of this claim is false (e.g. 26.4., since Rechenberger died on that date)
4---------4.5.45--------Ngerm---Lt R. Schmitt----------Htm H. Künncke
Plane types: #1: ? ;#2: P-47; #3a/b: Typhon/Tempest; #4: Typhon/Tempest
No. 2 (Fw. G. Kirchner) was officially (posthumus) confirmed by the Luftwaffe, since the british pilot shot down was captured and interrogated. He stated that a He-162 like plane got him down. Kirchner died while shot down by another P-47 during landing procedure.
While the He-162 is a good dogfighter (if flown by a good pilot, since additional training for this plane is needed, just like the ww1 Sopwith Camel)it still suffered from a fuel gulping engine (compared to the D.H. Ghost or J-33), many of the losses of 1./JG1 can be connected with planes simply running out of fuel.