In the closing months of World War 2, Willy Messerschmitt issued a Statement against the production of the Heinkel He 162 'Volksjäger'. In this video I look at his reasons and then compare the two machines from a production standpoint.

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Sources
Antony L. Kay, German Jet Engine and Gas Turbine Development 193045, Crowood: 2002

BArch, Willy Messerschmitt, Stellungsnahme zum Projekt ‘Volksjäger’, Oberammergau: Oktober 1944

Heinz J. Nowarra, Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 19331945, Bernard Greafe, : 1993

Hermione Giffard, Making Jet Engines in World War II, The University of Chicago Press: 2016

Richard Franks, The Heinkel He 162, Airframe Album No. 13: 2018

Willy Radinger u. Walter Schick, Me 262 – Entwickung, Erprobung und Fertigung des ersten einsatzfähigen Düsenjägers der Welt, 3. Auflage, Aviatic Verlag: 1996

Timecodes
00:00 Intro
00:10 Source
00:50 Business Interests?
02:27 Willy Messerschmitt's Critique
04:18 Why He 162?
06:06 Airframes: Me 262
08:12 Airframes: He 162
10:23 Engines
10:55 Engine: Jumo 004
12:13 Engine: BMW 003
14:58 Production: He 162 vs Me 262
19:38 Questions & Outro

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