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| Country:
Germany |
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Type: Heavy bomber |
| Manufacturer:
Heinkel |
| Service:
1942 - 1945 |
| First
Flight: November 1939 |
| Production:
1184 |
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The Heinkel He 177 Greif (was a long-range bomber in service with the Luftwaffe. The troubled aircraft was the only heavy bomber built in large numbers by Germany during World War II.
Beset by many technical difficulties in development and service, the plane had a troubled service life. This was in part due to overly optimistic design requirements of long range, high speed, heavy bomb load, and dive bombing. Although the He 177 entered service in 1942 it was still far from operational. The He 177 took about two more years to have its problems ironed out. By the end of 1944, the He 177 had become the most reliable, rugged and technically advanced bomber of the Luftwaffe.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( He 177 A-5) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 5
- Length: 22 m (72 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 31.44 m (103 ft 1 in)
- Height: 6.7 m (21 ft)
- Wing area: 101.5 m (1,092 ft)
- Empty weight: 16,800 kg (37,000 lb)
- Loaded weight: 31,000 kg (68,340 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 x Daimler-Benz DB 610 (twin DB 605) 24-cylinder liquid-cooled inline engines, 2,950 hp (2,170 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 565 km/h at 6,100 m (350 mph at 21,000 ft)
- Combat radius: 1.540 km (960 mi)
- Ferry range: 5,600 km (3,200 mi)
- Service ceiling 9,400 m (30,800 ft)
- Wing loading: 319.9 kg/m (65.6 lb/ft)
- Power/mass: 110 W/kg (0.067 hp/lb)
Armament
- 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon
- 3 x MG 131 machine gun
- 3 x MG 81 machine gun
- up to 7,200 kg (15,873 lb) of bombs or 3 guided missiles Henschel Hs 293 or Fritz X
Usual configuration:
- 48 x 70 kg bombs (3,360 kg/7,405 lb total)
- 10 x 500 kg bombs (5,000 kg/11,020 lb total)
- 6 x 1000 kg bombs (6,000 kg/11,224 lb total)
- 2 x 2500 kg bombs (5,000 kg/ 11,020 lb total)
or
- 2 Hs 293 + 1 Hs293 remotely controlled missiles under the fuselage
- 2 Hs 294 + 1 Hs 294 remotely controlled glide bombs under the fuselage
- 2 PC 1400 + 1 PC 1400 gliding bomb under the fuselage
- 2 torpedoes + 2 torpedoes under the fuselage
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