[Old 666]

Okay then, I should warn you that the 177 didn't live up to expectations on the account of the fact that its two Daimler-Benz engines had a tendency to catch fire when ran at full power too long, or when the pilot accelerated too fast. This was a major problem in the early models. For example: Feb.13, 1944, fourteen He-177's were going to bomb London from a base in Western France. The mission was a total disaster: one blew a tire while taxiing, eight came back with overheated or burning engines, and of the four that reached London, one was shot down by a British night fighter. However despite the failure of this one mission, the Greif had a lost rate below 10% during Operation Steinbock, making it one of the most survivable plane of the campaign.