Heinkel He 177

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World War II aircraft heavy bomber long-range bomber military aircraft

The Heinkel He 177 was a German long-range heavy bomber of World War II, notable for its troubled development, engine reliability issues, and limited operational success.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Heinkel He 177 canonical 10
Heinkel He 177 (early versions) 1
Heinkel He 177 A-3 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
heavy bomber ⓘ
long-range bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
airForce Luftwaffe ⓘ
surface form: German Luftwaffe
armament 13 mm machine gun ⓘ
20 mm cannon ⓘ
MG 131 machine gun ⓘ
MG 151 cannon ⓘ
MG 81 machine gun ⓘ
remote-controlled turrets ⓘ
bombLoad 6000 kg ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 470 km/h ⓘ
designer Siegfried Günter ⓘ
Siegfried Günter ⓘ
surface form: Walter Günter
developmentStart late 1930s ⓘ
emptyWeight 16300 kg ⓘ
engineConfiguration coupled engines ⓘ
two engine nacelles ⓘ
firstFlight 1939-11-19 ⓘ
grossWeight 27000 kg ⓘ
height 6.4 m ⓘ
length 22 m ⓘ
manufacturer Heinkel ⓘ
maximumSpeed 565 km/h ⓘ
maxTakeoffWeight 31500 kg ⓘ
meaningOfName Griffin ⓘ
missionType anti-shipping operations ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
natoName Greif ⓘ
notableIssue engine fires ⓘ
engine overheating ⓘ
poor reliability ⓘ
structural weaknesses ⓘ
numberBuilt over 1000 ⓘ
operationalUse Eastern Front ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
powerplant Daimler-Benz DB 606 ⓘ
Daimler-Benz DB 606 ⓘ
surface form: Daimler-Benz DB 610
primaryVariant Heinkel He 177 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heinkel He 177 A-3

Heinkel He 177 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heinkel He 177 A-5
productionPeriod 1941–1944 ⓘ
propellers four-bladed propellers ⓘ
range 5500 km ⓘ
requirement dive-bombing capability ⓘ
retirement 1945 ⓘ
role maritime strike aircraft ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling 8000 m ⓘ
serviceEntry 1942 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Heinkel He 177 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heinkel He 277
survivingExamples 0 ⓘ
usedBy Luftwaffe ⓘ
wingArea 100 m2 ⓘ
wingspan 31.44 m ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luftwaffe → usedAircraft → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Heinkel He 177 → primaryVariant → Heinkel He 177 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 177 A-3
Heinkel He 177 → primaryVariant → Heinkel He 177 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 177 A-5
Heinkel He 177 → successor → Heinkel He 177 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 277
Heinkel → producedAircraft → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
MG 131 machine gun → usedOnAircraft → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Greif → refersTo → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Greif → appliesTo → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 177A
BMW 801 radial engine → usedInAircraft → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
subject surface form: BMW 801
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 177 (early versions)
Daimler-Benz DB 606 → usedInAircraft → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Heinkel He 274 → relatedTo → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Heinkel He 277 → designedAsSuccessorTo → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Fritz X guided bomb → launchPlatform → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
subject surface form: Fritz X
Henschel Hs 293 guided missile → usedOnAircraftType → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
subject surface form: Henschel Hs 293
Luftwaffenfeuerzeug → refersTo → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Luftwaffenfeuerzeug → appliedTo → Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 177 A-series bombers