The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was designed and built quickly and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritised for other aircraft. Volksjäger was the Reich Air Ministry's official name for the government design program competition won by the He 162 design. Other names given to the plane include Salamander, which was the codename of its construction program, and Spatz ("Sparrow"), which was the name given to the plane by Heinkel.

This aircraft 120235 was thought to have served with I/JG1, and was captured at Leck in May 1945. It was brought back to the United Kingdom and given the Air Ministry identification number 63, and after storage in various locations was displayed at Cranwell. It is reported to have been test flown at the RAE, probably in 1945-46, and was subsequently in store at No.6 MU Brize Norton.

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