This is the one preserved in the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. Here is the official story:
This Volksjäger was assembled by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke GmbH at the Heinkel-Nord plant in Rostock-Marienehe, Germany, probably in late February or March 1945. The aircraft was captured from the Luftwaffe at Leck on May 8, 1945. Shipped to the United Kingdom in June of the same year, it was exhibited as a war trophy in Hyde Park, London during September. Stored in the United Kingdom until the following spring, it was shipped to Canada in September 1946 and, in the RCAF's possession, likely stored. It was transferred to the Canadian War Museum in 1964 and to this Museum by 1967.
I've seen this bird so many times. A couple of years ago it was still in the storage and I made dozens of photos from a very short distance. I believe the nose cone (you can see that it's broken) is not the original one. AFAIR the latter was given to a British museum (RAF Hendon?) for their exemplar.
Canada had a second exemplar WNr. 120076, which was traded many years ago to a private English owner and is now on display at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin.
It's kind of funny that you still can see the above a/c in the image gallery of the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum - see here:
Heinkel He 162A-1 Volksjäger (120086) | Ingenium
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