He 162A-1
W Nr 120017
FE-0494
Stock No. 3609-01-0415-HE162
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http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/salamander/info/info.htm
For additional information on the He 162,
see FE 0504
Source Disposition
   
In storage at Freeman Field on 1 August 1946
Unsalvageable
01/17/1947
HE 162, T2-494
Instruments not installed.
Hydraulic system not installed.
Landing gear not installed.
Engines not installed.

This Heinkel was recorded in storage at Freeman Field on 1 August 1946.  Believed to be 'Yellow 6' of JG1.  It had been used as a source of spare parts to service FE-489.  No further record.

source: "War Prizes" by Phil Butler, pg 214

Below photos from http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/salamander/info/info.htm
He-162 finished

One of the many He 162 A-2s captured by British troops at Leck airfield is this example, white 20. The distinctive camouflage pattern identifies this example as having been built at Heinkel's Marienehe facility on the Baltic.

A close-up view of He 162 fuselages being constructed on their jigs within Heinkel's southern underground facility at Hinterbruehl near Moedling, in the spring of 1945. This view shows the lower part of the forward fuselage.

(Thanks to Gerhard Dangel for spelling corrections)

H-162 Salamander

Another view of the production line set up at Hinterbruhl showing He 162 fuselages in advanced construction. This extensive underground facility was formerly a gypsum mine, but also contained the world's largest natural underground lake. During the war. pumps drained much of the water to facilitate He 162 production. 

A view of one of the many tunnels at Hinterbrohl as they appear today. Some of these are still bricked off from 1945, leading to speculation of what might be found on the other side. 

This disassembled He 162 A-1, yellow 5, of 3./JG 1, was built by Mittelwerk at Nordhausen. Note the unit emblems for all three Squadrons within JG 1 painted on the forward fuselage.

HE-162 rolling out

After the war, the tunnels were emptied of their aircraft and components. This photograph shows an incomplete fuselage being rolled into the sunlight. These fuselages lined the roads leading to the main entrance until they were destroyed by Soviet occupation forces. Sadly, only small traces remain of the aircraft that were once manufactured at location.