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I think somebody must have called a plumber.
Hi, the tom here.
I was aware of of this 25 years ago.
the tom.
It's IN that book, one of the most recently authored and RESEARCHED volumes on an otherwise enigmatic aircraft, that the whole story of one (of three) of the 'individually" four-engined developments of the 177A, the "He 277" design, as having the "cover designation" of "He 177B", was totally blown apart by research, and supported by Heinkel factory documents, as evidence as nothing more than what is called today, an "urban legend"....
That effort was getting Rousseau's original thread a bit sidetracked, so I thought it would be best to revisit that whole issue of the He 277 NEVER having actually been completed, at ANY time, versus the four He 177B prorotypes actually being built, with three of them flying, in a thread of its own.
Can I ask a different question.
How widely was it thought that the He 277 did not exist and was just a cover designation? This is something I was completely unaware of. However the OP seems to be quite excited to be making this announcement.??
I suspect there is a degree of truth in both main stories about the origin and nature of the "He-277".
Thanks for the heads up on the 'Heinkel He 177 Greif' book by J. Richard Smith Eddie J. Creek.
Lots of new material for me to see.
Njaco
That image appears in the book and is identified as He 177 V101 (which is NE+OD? W. number 5550) at Cheb in Czechoslavakia fitted with 4 x Jumo 222 driving 4 bladed props (which must have made it, assuming they worked as planned, a heck of a performer).
They mention an He 177 V102 (GA+QQ; W. number 0023) and 2 other B series prototypes.
He 177 V103 (KM+TL W. number 500036 ) and He 177 V104 (KM+UE W. number 550055)
... with 4 x Jumo 222 driving 4 bladed props (which must have made it, assuming they worked as planned, a heck of a performer).