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| Tango01 | 12 Apr 2018 12:51 p.m. PST |
….Bomber The Luftwaffe Hated. "The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was an aircraft doomed from the start of its inception. Its design was intrinsically flawed, its engines frequently caught fire and it took five years to develop. To rub salt into the wounds, German pilots hated it. With the unenvious nickname of the Flying Coffin or Luftwaffenfeuerzeug (Luftwaffe's Lighter) the airplane was plagued by engine trouble which stemmed from a ridiculous directive that compelled designers to engineer bombers that could also dive. Initially required to help crews improve their accuracy it became apparent this requirement would be the death of the He 177. It simply could not do as the Nazi hierarchy required. With much higher cruising and maximum speeds than the Allied heavy bomber could reach the Griffin had a huge amount of potential, but by the time the German top brass realized this it was too late…."
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