The List of Junkers Ju 52 operators lists by country the civil airlines and military air forces and units that have operated the aircraft.
Civil operators edit
The civil operators was operated airlines
Argentina edit
Austria edit
Belgium edit
Bolivia edit
Brazil edit
Canada edit
China edit
Czechoslovakia edit
- ČSA Československé aerolinie[8]
- Government of Czechoslovakia (Postwar)
Denmark edit
Estonia edit
Finland edit
France edit
- Aero Cargo[9]
- Aigle Azur[9]
- Air France[9]
- Air Nolis[10]
- Air Ocean[9]
- Avions Bleus[10]
- CTA Languedoc Roussillon[11]
- LASO France[10]
- Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
- SOCOTRA[12]
- Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux[13]
Nazi Germany edit
Germany edit
- Deutsche Luft Hansa
- Lufthansa (one still in used for special flights)
Greece edit
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 edit
Italy edit
Mozambique edit
New Guinea edit
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 edit
Poland edit
- LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936–1939)[16]
Portugal edit
Romania edit
South Africa edit
Soviet Union edit
Spanish State edit
Sweden edit
Switzerland edit
- Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)
Turkey edit
United Kingdom edit
- British Airways Limited[20]
- British European Airways[20]
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- Railway Air Services[20]
Uruguay edit
- Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)[21]
Yugoslavia edit
Military operators edit
Argentina edit
Austria edit
Belgium edit
Belgian Congo edit
Bolivia edit
Bulgaria edit
Colombia edit
Croatia edit
Czechoslovakia edit
- Czechoslovakian Air Force (postwar)[27]
Ecuador edit
France edit
- French Air Force (postwar)[28]
- French Navy (postwar)[29]
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 edit
Greece edit
Hungary edit
Italy edit
Norway edit
- Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service: One aircraft rented from DNL from January 1940 to 9 April 1940.
- Norwegian Air Force (captured) (postwar)
Peru edit
Portugal edit
Kingdom of Romania edit
South Africa edit
Slovakia edit
Soviet Union edit
- Soviet Air Force (postwar)
Spanish State edit
Sweden edit
Switzerland edit
Syria edit
- Syrian Air Force (postwar)
United States edit
USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.[34]
Yugoslavia edit
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force[35]
- 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
- 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
- 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)
Notes edit
- ^ Stroud 1966, p. 634
- ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 23–24
- ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 26–27
- ^ a b Stroud 1966, p. 328.
- ^ a b c d e Stroud 1966, p. 635
- ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 90–91
- ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 88–89
- ^ a b c d e Stroud 1966, p. 636
- ^ a b c d Stroud 1966, p. 330
- ^ a b c Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 81
- ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 82
- ^ a b Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 80
- ^ Delmas Le Fana de l'Aviation June 1985, p. 14
- ^ Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stroud 1966, p. 641
- ^ a b c d e f Stroud 1966, p. 642
- ^ Burns Flight 23 August 1957, p. 282
- ^ Flight 13 April 1961, p. 495
- ^ Axworthy 1995, p. 281
- ^ a b c d e Stroud 1966, p. 643
- ^ Stroud 1966, p. 644
- ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, pp. 76, 78
- ^ Tincopa & Rivas 2016, pp. 21–26
- ^ a b c Green 1972, p. 409
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 5a
- ^ Hagedorn 2006, p. 95
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 6a
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 8a
- ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 76
- ^ Green 1972, p. 406
- ^ a b Green 1972, p. 413
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 17a
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 19a
- ^ Swanborough & Bowers 1963, p. 571
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 22a
References edit
- 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.
External links edit
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