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List of Junkers Ju 52 operators

Main article: Junkers Ju 52

The List of Junkers Ju 52 operators lists by country the civil airlines and military air forces and units that have operated the aircraft.

Preserved Ju 52 at Duxford, 2001, showing corrugated skin

Civil operators

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The civil operators was operated airlines

Argentina

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Austria

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Belgium

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Bolivia

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Brazil

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Canada

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China

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Main article: Republic of China (1912–1949)

Czechoslovakia

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Denmark

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Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Nazi Germany

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Germany

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Lufthansa Junkers Ju 52/3m D-CDLH, till 1984, known as "Iron Annie N52JU," painted as D-AQUI in historic 1936 Deutsche Luft Hansa colors. D-CDLH has P&W engines, now with 3-bladed propellers.

Greece

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EEES operated three Junkers Ju 52/3m. The first arrived on June 28, 1938, with W.Nr.5984 and registration SX-ACF. The other two were SX-ACH (W.Nr.6004) and SX-ACI (W.Nr.6025). All three were used by the Royal Hellenic Air Force during the 1940-41 war against Italy and Germany. All were captured by the Wehrmacht and transferred to the Luftwaffe.[14]

Hungary

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Main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)

Italy

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Mozambique

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New Guinea

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Between 1955 and 1959 Gibbes Sepik Airways operated three Ju 52/3ms purchased in Sweden. Mandated Airlines bought Gibbes Sepik Airways in 1959 and continued to operate the two surviving aircraft until the following year.[17][18]

Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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South Africa

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Three Junkers Ju 52 aircraft built for the South African Airways.

Soviet Union

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Spanish State

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Main article: Francoist Spain

Sweden

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Switzerland

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CASA 352 (license-built Junkers Ju 52/3m) in Ju-Air markings at Zürich airport
 
Junkers Ju 52 (JU-AIR airline)
  • Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)

Turkey

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United Kingdom

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Uruguay

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Yugoslavia

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Military operators

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Argentina

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Austria

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Belgium

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Belgian Congo

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Bolivia

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Bulgaria

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Colombia

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Croatia

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Main article: Independent State of Croatia

Czechoslovakia

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Ecuador

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France

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When France was liberated some Ju 52 were captured and used. The Ju 52 had been manufactured in France during the war by the Junkers-controlled Amiot company, and production continued after 1945 as the Amiot AAC 1 Toucan (more than 500 were produced). French built Ju 52s were widely used, not only in France but also in colonial wars in Algeria, Vietnam and Thailand.

Nazi Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)

Italy

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Main article: Kingdom of Italy

Norway

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Peru

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Portugal

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Kingdom of Romania

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South Africa

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Slovakia

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Main article: Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

Soviet Union

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Spanish State

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Main article: Francoist Spain

Sweden

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Switzerland

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Syria

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United States

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A German Junkers Ju 52/3m, which was confiscated by Peru and transferred to the United States Army Air Forces as a war prize, at Howard Field, Panama, in late 1942.

USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.[34]

Yugoslavia

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Notes

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  1. ^ Stroud 1966, p. 634
  2. ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 23–24
  3. ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 26–27
  4. ^ a b Stroud 1966, p. 328.
  5. ^ a b c d e Stroud 1966, p. 635
  6. ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 90–91
  7. ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 88–89
  8. ^ a b c d e Stroud 1966, p. 636
  9. ^ a b c d Stroud 1966, p. 330
  10. ^ a b c Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 81
  11. ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 82
  12. ^ a b Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 80
  13. ^ Delmas Le Fana de l'Aviation June 1985, p. 14
  14. ^ Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Stroud 1966, p. 641
  16. ^ a b c d e f Stroud 1966, p. 642
  17. ^ Burns Flight 23 August 1957, p. 282
  18. ^ Flight 13 April 1961, p. 495
  19. ^ Axworthy 1995, p. 281
  20. ^ a b c d e Stroud 1966, p. 643
  21. ^ Stroud 1966, p. 644
  22. ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, pp. 76, 78
  23. ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 21–26
  24. ^ a b c Green 1972, p. 409
  25. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 5a
  26. ^ Hagedorn 2006, p. 95
  27. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 6a
  28. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 8a
  29. ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 76
  30. ^ Green 1972, p. 406
  31. ^ a b Green 1972, p. 413
  32. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 17a
  33. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 19a
  34. ^ Swanborough & Bowers 1963, p. 571
  35. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 22a

References

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  • Axworthy, Mark (1995). Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-267-7.
  • Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • Burns, W. G. (23 August 1957). "Australia's Air Transport". Flight. Vol. 72, no. 2535. pp. 281–282. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  • Chillon, J.; Dubois, J-P; Wegg, J. (1980). French Post-War Transport Aircraft. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-078-2.
  • Delmas, Jean (June 1985). "1935–1985, de l'Aéromaritime à l'UTA (fin)". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 187. pp. 12–19.
  • Green, William (1972). Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.
  • Hagedorn, Dan (2006). Latin American Air Wars and Aircraft 1912–1969. Crowborough: Hikoki Publications. ISBN 1-902-109-44-9.
  • Stroud, John (1966). European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Putnam.
  • Swanborough, F. G.; Bowers, Peter M. (1963). United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam.
  • Tincopa, Amaru; Rivas, Santiago (2016). Axis Aircraft in Latin America. Manchester, UK: Crécy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-90210-949-7.
  • "World Airline Directory". Flight. 13 April 1961. pp. 477–513. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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