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Built to be the instrument of Nazi Germany's bombardment of Europe during World War II, the Heinkel He 177 was originally considered as a technical tourdeforce, providing innovative cooling systems and automated gun turrets that would have made this aircraft a formidable foe against the Allied interceptors dispatched to bring it down.

However, thanks to a seemingly endless list of design compromises, it turned out that a pursuing interceptor was not necessary in destroying the resultant He 177, as this aircraft was perfectly capable of either bursting into flames or falling to pieces on its own, and has now gained a notorious reputation as 'The Flaming Coffin' for its long streak of horrendous crashes.

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