Ex Air Min 68. The restoration of the aircraft has involved removal of paint and revelation of the roundels on the wings as a consequence.

Thanksgiving Week celebrations at the end of WWII. Aircraft captured at Leck on 8 May 1945. Preserved in Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa. Photo by: Imperial War Museums

This reconstruction or restoration of this Volksjäger (when does one become the other? - take your pick) contains many original parts. As such it is a mighty fine exhibit on display at the super Luftfahrttechnisches Museum Rechlin.

This Volksjäger was built at the Heinkel-Nord plant in Rostock-Marienehe, Germany around late Feb. or Mar. 1945. It was captured from the Luftwaffe at Leck on VE Day and shipped to the UK the following month to be exhibited as a war trophy in Hyde Park. The plane was shipped to Canada in Sep. 1946 and placed into storage by the RCAF. It was acquired by the Canada Aviation & Space Museum in 1967 and is on display unrestored giving this exhibit a real sense of history and gravitas.

Captured in Germany and brought to the USA, and eventually broken up in 1950. The wings went to the Smithsonian Institute which used them to restore their He 162, serial 120222.

This aircraft was designed and built towards the end of WWII and only a few survive. It is normally at the Imperial War Museum in London but has been transferred to Duxford for some restoration work