HEINKEL HE 162
Part of the luftwaffe's answer to the ever increasing allied bomber raids of which it's own development suffered.With a main fuselage construction of aluminium and the mainplanes, tail unit and nose made of plywood in an effort to save scarce resources and employ semi-skilled workers in it's construction, however all these attemps to save time and money were to prove fatal when inferior glue gave way on the mainplanes of prototypes.
HEINKEL HE 162
Part of the luftwaffe's answer to the ever increasing allied bomber raids of which it's own development suffered.With a main fuselage construction of aluminium and the mainplanes, tail unit and nose made of plywood in an effort to save scarce resources and employ semi-skilled workers in it's construction, however all these attemps to save time and money were to prove fatal when inferior glue gave way on the mainplanes of prototypes.