He-177

[Clave]

I don't think I posted these before...?

The Heinkel He 177 was a 4-engined heavy bomber which entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1942. It had an interesting layout of double-engines driving a single propellor in each wing 'pod' which led to serious complications in the early development stages.

The He 177 was 70 mph faster than a Lancaster or Fortress and carried a similar bomb load, but rather than becoming a mass-produced success, relatively few were made, and the early design brief for it to double as a dive bomber caused huge problems too.

The He 177 continued in production until 1944, and was used against shipping as well as area bombing. It was armed with 4 x 13mm machine guns, 2 x 20mm cannon, and carried up to 6,000Kg of bombs internally or 3 x Fritz or Hs 293 glide bombs.

This example is an He 177 A-5 of 3./KG1 Luftwaffe 1944.

This example is an He 177 A-5 of Stab 2/KG1 Luftwaffe 1944.

This example is an He 177 A-3 of 2./KG4 Luftwaffe 1944.

This example is an He 177 A-5 of II/KG40 Luftwaffe 1944.

This example is an He 177 A-5 of 5./KG100 Luftwaffe 1944.

This example is an He 177 A-5 of 5./KG100 Luftwaffe 1944.

 

[stona]

Nice profiles but to be pedantic, four engines?

I'd say two DB 606s were two engines not four. The DB 606 had its own designation and own distinct documentation ('Motoren-Handbuch', 'Ersatzteilliste' etc. )

Cheers

Steve

 

[Lucky13]

Nice work Clave!

 

[Clave]

Nice profiles but to be pedantic, four engines?

I'd say two DB 606s were two engines not four. The DB 606 had its own designation and own distinct documentation ('Motoren-Handbuch', 'Ersatzteilliste' etc. )

Cheers

Steve

Fair enough, but to be even more accurate it should have been called 'a stupendously stupid lash-up that was never going to work'

 

[Lucky13]

Looked good though!

 

[herman1rg]

One of my favourites

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent work Clave!