He 177 Invenio querry

[Pawel Burchard]

I am taking some time browsing Invenio for possible He 177 information and here are some interesting files:

RL 2/III/1260
Gen.Qu. 6. Abt.
Auszugsweise Übersicht über die Einsatzbereitschaft
Aircraft assigned to units during conversion to He 177, some other details on these units. Reported every ten days from 1943-12-07 to 1944-04-07.

RL 2/III/616, 617, 618, 619
Gen.Qu. 6. Abt.
Flugzeugzuweisungen
Very interesting listings of a/c assigned to various units (A-0/A-1/A-3/A-5, Rüstzustand etc.). Examined for He 177 entries from 1943-06 to 1944-08. Surprisingly several He 177s were assigned to I./K.G. 3 in June 1944, but that does not mean they actually were delivered to this unit.

RL 2/II/5-0517
Lw.Führ.Stab Ia, 1944-05-05
Mention of plans to convert I., II., III./K.G. 3 to He 177.

RL 30/3/0365-0375
KTB Sonderstab Milch
Taktisch technische Erfahrungen mit dem Flugzeugmuster He 177 A-1, I./F.K.G. 50 Abt Ia, 1943-01-31
Technical details, some DB 606 A/B Werk-Nr.

RL 30/3/0397-0410
KTB Sonderstab Milch
Bericht über den Besuch bei I./F.K.G. 50 in Saporoshje am 27.1.1943.
Technical details but also quite detailed information on units transfer and operations.

RL 30/7/0057
KTB Sonderstab Milch
He 177 A-1 Werk-Nr. to be transferred from E-Stelle Rechlin for Stalingrad supply operations.

RL 30/7/0083-0084
KTB Sonderstab Milch
Message from Gen.Feldm. Milch to Oberst Vorwald 1943-01-28, engine fires I./K.G. 50, Erprobungsstaffel Rechlin.

RL 2/III/947
OKL
Monthly Flugzeugbestands- und Flugbetriebstatistik from 1944-01 to 1944-09 incl. He 177 A-0/A-1 and A-3/A-5 entries in tables.

RL 36/439, 444, 481
Erpr.Kdo. 25
Some reports, for example Senkrechtsrohreinbau W.Gr. 21, few photographs. Also two photos of He 177 wing with damage caused by shots fired from Zellendusche-equipped Fw 190.

RL 36/245-0070, 240
E-Stelle Rechlin
Pages with (1) photographs of He 177-Zerstörer GI+B_ and (2) some personnel gathered around He 177 Heckstand.

RL 3/1425/0178-0187
GL/C-E
Some 1942 messages regarding He 177-Zerstörer program.

RL 2/III/719b-727b, 729a, 729b
Gen.Qu. 6. Abt.
Vortrag über die Einsatzbereitschaft der fliegenden Verbände (reported every 10 days). Useful details on He 177 units conversion process, a/c numbers, diagrams etc. Complete for 1942, 1943, unfortunately some 1944 files are not available online (2025-07).

RL 3/6200ff
Technical manuals

RL 36/54/0476, 0478, 0486, 0532
Detailed report on technical malfunctions that led to aborted missions by I./K.G. 100 aircraft (by Werk-Nr.) on 21.1.44, 22.1.44, 30.1.44.

I'd be grateful for possible additions/corrections on He 177 related information to be found on Invenio.

regards,
Pawel

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Pawel, thank you!