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He 162 - Germany's Desperation Fighter
🕑 Added 2024-02-06 17:40:04 +0000 UTCThe Heinkel He 162 "Volksjäger" was a last ditch effort by the Luftwaffe to field a large number of jet fighters to stem the tide in the air. Join me as I explore this history - was this plan ever going to work?
Let me know what you think of this episode! Big thank you for all your support.
Edit: My brain managed to mix up some numbers and wrote He 172 instead of He 162 and He 178 in two instances. Apologies, new link is up!
Comments
Frank C
I need to plan a visit to Chino once all the rains stops.
Steve Kurt
Thanks for this quick review of the 162! It does seem to be a case of trying anything that might be useful in a time of desperation. I've seen the 162 at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, California. That's a really unique and interesting place!
O D
Easy to fly with the then current jet technology does seem like an impossible dream. ... but when you are behind the 8 ball, priorities get fouled up. Keeping the number one goal of easy to fly would have probably taken way more research and time than Germany had. Different subject : Have you made a video about what went wrong with the Nazi AF? It seems it lacked a coherent intent.. maybe it was the lack of understanding the German Military was very well made to beat any European county but never caught on that Russia was a much larger country. The thought that the war would end soon led to many bad decisions. I realize this sounds simplistic but anticipating operational problems seems to been a problem for the OKW and it doesn't seem to have had a Grand strategy except ...win... But I admit that I am not well read on the Russia Air War.. Anyway,... what do you think?
