In Service: 1943 to 1945
First Flight: 1943
Manufacturer: Heinkel
Number built:
Type: Prototype bomber
Crew: 7 men
Length: 23 m
Wingspan: 40 m
Wing area: 133 m²
Height: 6.66 m
Empty: 21,800 kg
Loaded: 44,500 kg
Engine: 4 ×
BMW
801E 14 cylinder air cooled radial engine producing up
to 1,973 hp
Maximum speed: 570 km/h
Range: 6,000 km
Service ceiling: 15,000 m
Armament:
2 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine guns in remote controlled undernose
chin turret
4 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine guns in twin dorsal turrets, one forward
and one aft
2 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine guns in remote controlled ventral turret
facing aft
4 ×
13 mm MG
131 machine guns in tail turret
Bomb load up to 3,000 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
He 277 V-1
He 277 V-2
He 277 V-3
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
The Heinkel He 277 was a seven seat four engines four engines
variant of
He
177 bomber
by Simon Gunson 24/06/2010
This picture either depicts the first prototype NN+QQ, or
the third prototype NE+OD with a conventional tailfin. The
second prototype GA+QQ was a HE-277 B-5 with an "H"
tail with Jumo 213E high altitude engines.
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of
sources
