He-177

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.

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

Nice work Clave!

stona said:

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

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

Looked good though!

One of my favourites

Excellent work Clave!