List of Junkers Ju 52 operators
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The List of Junkers Ju 52 operators lists by country the civil airlines and military air forces and units that have operated the aircraft.
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Civil operators
The civil operators was operated airlines
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
- ČSA Československé aerolinie[8]
- Government of Czechoslovakia (Postwar)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- 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
Germany
- Deutsche Luft Hansa
- Lufthansa (one still in used for special flights)
Greece
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
Italy
Mozambique
New Guinea
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
Poland
- LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936–1939)[16]
Portugal
Romania
South Africa
Soviet Union
Spanish State
Sweden
Switzerland
- Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)
Turkey
United Kingdom
- British Airways Limited[20]
- British European Airways[20]
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- Railway Air Services[20]
Uruguay
- Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)[21]
Yugoslavia
Military operators
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Colombia
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakian Air Force (postwar)[27]
Ecuador
France
- 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
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Norway
- Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service: One aircraft rented from DNL from January 1940 to 9 April 1940.
- Norwegian Air Force (captured) (postwar)
Peru
Portugal
Kingdom of Romania
South Africa
Slovakia
Soviet Union
- Soviet Air Force (postwar)
Spanish State
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
- Syrian Air Force (postwar)
United States
USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.[34]
Yugoslavia
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force[35]
- 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
- 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
- 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)
Notes
- ^ 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
- 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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