List of Junkers Ju 52 operators

Main article: Junkers Ju 52

Preserved Ju 52 at Duxford, 2001, showing corrugated skin

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

The civil operators was operated airlines

Argentina

• Aeroposta Argentina ^[1]
• Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) ^[2]
• Ministry of Agriculture ^[3]

Austria

• Österreichische Luftverkehrs ^[4]

Belgium

• Sabena ^[5]

Bolivia

• Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano ^[5]

Brazil

• Aeronorte ^[6]
• Cruzeiro do Sul ^[7]
• Syndicato Condor - Serviços Aéreos Condor ^[5]
• VASP ^[5]
• VARIG ^[5]

Canada

• Canadian Airways Limited ^[8]
• Canadian Pacific Airlines ^[9]

China

Main article: Republic of China (1912–1949)

• Eurasia ^[4]

Czechoslovakia

• ČSA Československé aerolinie ^[10]
• Government of Czechoslovakia (postwar)

Denmark

• Det Danske Luftfartsselskab ^[10]

Estonia

• AGO ^[10]

Finland

• Aero Oy ^[10]
• DLL

France

• Aero Cargo ^[11]
• Aigle Azur ^[11]
• Air France ^[11]
• Air Nolis ^[12]
• Air Ocean ^[11]
• Avions Bleus ^[12]
• CTA Languedoc Roussillon ^[13]
• LASO France ^[12]
• Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
• SOCOTRA ^[14]
• Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux ^[15]

Nazi Germany

• Deruluft
• Deutsche Lufthansa ^[10]

Germany

• Deutsche Luft Hansa
• Lufthansa (one still in used for special flights)

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

• Elliniki Eteria Enaerion Sinkinonion

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. ^[16]

Hungary

Main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)

• Malert ^[17]

Italy

• Ala Littoria ^[18]

Mozambique

• Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aéreos ^[18]

New Guinea

• Gibbes Sepik Airways
• Mandated Airlines

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. ^{[19] [20]}

Norway

• Det Norske Luftfartselskap ^[18]

Poland

• LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936–1939) ^[18]

Portugal

• Aero Portuguesa ^[14]

Romania

• LARES ^[18]
• Transnistrian air section ^[21]

South Africa

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

• South African Airways ^[18]

Soviet Union

• Deruluft
• Aeroflot

Spanish State

Main article: Francoist Spain

• Iberia Airlines ^[22]

Sweden

• AB Aerotransport ^[22]

Switzerland

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

• Turkish Airlines

United Kingdom

• British Airways Limited ^[22]
• British European Airways ^[22]
• British Overseas Airways Corporation
• Railway Air Services ^[22]

Uruguay

• Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA) ^[23]

Yugoslavia

• JAT ^[24]

Military operators

Argentina

• Argentine Air Force ^[25]

Austria

• Austrian Air Force ^[26]

Belgium

• Belgian Air Force

Belgian Congo

• Force Publique

Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force ^[27]

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force ^[28]

China

• Chinese Nationalist Air Force ^[29]

Colombia

• Colombian Air Force ^[30]

Croatia

Main article: Independent State of Croatia

• Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia ^[31]

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak Air Force (postwar) ^[32]

East Germany

• Volkspolizei-Luft ^[33]

Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Air Force ^[33]

France

• French Air Force (postwar) ^[34]
• French Navy (postwar) ^[35]

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

• Luftwaffe ^[36]

Greece

• Hellenic Air Force ^[37]

Hungary

Main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)

• Royal Hungarian Air Force ^[38]

Italy

Main article: Kingdom of Italy

• Regia Aeronautica ^[39]

Norway

• Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service: One aircraft rented from DNL from January 1940 to 9 April 1940. ^[39]
• Norwegian Air Force (captured) (postwar) ^[40]

Peru

• Peruvian Air Force ^[41]

Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force ^[26]

Kingdom of Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force ^[38]
• Romanian Air Force (postwar) ^[42]

Slovakia

Main article: Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

• Slovak Air Force (1939–1945) ^[43]

South Africa

• South African Air Force ^[44]

Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force ^[45]

Spanish State

Main article: Francoist Spain

• Spanish Air Force ^[46]

Sweden

• Swedish Air Force ^[47]

Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force ^[26]

Syria

• Syrian Air Force (postwar) ^[48]

United States

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.

• United States Army Air Forces

USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79. ^[49]

Yugoslavia

• SFR Yugoslav Air Force ^[50]
  • 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
  • 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
  • 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)

Notes

1. Stroud 1966 , p. 634
2. Tincopa & Rivas 2016 , pp. 23–24
3. Tincopa & Rivas 2016 , pp. 26–27
4. Stroud 1966 , p. 328.
5. Stroud 1966 , p. 635
6. Tincopa & Rivas 2016 , pp. 90–91
7. Tincopa & Rivas 2016 , pp. 88–89
8. Forsgren 2016 , pp. 101–102
9. Forsgren 2016 , p. 102
10. Stroud 1966 , p. 636
11. Stroud 1966 , p. 330
12. Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980 , p. 81
13. Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980 , p. 82
14. Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980 , p. 80
15. Delmas Le Fana de l'Aviation June 1985 , p. 14
16. Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
17. Stroud 1966 , p. 641
18. Stroud 1966 , p. 642
19. Burns Flight 23 August 1957 , p. 282
20. Flight 13 April 1961 , p. 495
21. Axworthy 1995 , p. 281
22. Stroud 1966 , p. 643
23. Stroud 1966 , p. 644
24. Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980 , pp. 76, 78
25. Tincopa & Rivas 2016 , pp. 21–26
26. Green 1972 , p. 409
27. Forsgren 2016 , pp. 146–147
28. Bridgman 1951 , p. 5a
29. Forsgren 2016 , p. 148
30. Hagedorn 2006 , p. 95
31. Forsgren 2016 , p. 149
32. Bridgman 1951 , p. 6a
33. Forsgren 2016 , p. 150
34. Bridgman 1951 , p. 8a
35. Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980 , p. 76
36. Green 1972 , p. 406
37. Forsgren 2016 , p. 168
38. Green 1972 , p. 413
39. Forsgren 2016 , p. 169
40. Forsgren 2016 , pp. 170–171
41. Forsgren 2016 , p. 171
42. Bridgman 1951 , p. 17a
43. Forsgren 2016 , pp. 174–175
44. Forsgren 2016 , pp. 175–176
45. Forsgren 2016 , p. 184
46. Bridgman 1951 , p. 19a
47. Forsgren 2016 , pp. 180–181
48. Forsgren 2016 , p. 181
49. Swanborough & Bowers 1963 , p. 571
50. Bridgman 1951 , p. 22a

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• 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.
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External links

• Media related to Junkers Ju 52 at Wikimedia Commons
• South African Airways Museum Society