List of Junkers Ju 52 operators
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
- Aeroposta Argentina[1]
- Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE)
- Ministry of Agriculture
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
Czechoslovakia
- ČSA Československé aerolinie[3]
- Government of Czechoslovakia (Postwar)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Aero Cargo
- Air France
- Air Ocean
- CTA Languedoc Roussillon
- Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
- Socotra
Nazi Germany
Germany
- Deutsche Luft Hansa
- Lufthansa (one still in used for special flights)
Greece
- Elliniki Eteria Enaerion Sinkinonion
EEES operated three Junkers Ju 52/3m. The first arrived on June 28th, 1938 with W.Nr.5984 and registration SΧ-ΑCF. The other two were SΧ-ΑCΗ (W.Nr.6004) and SΧ-ΑCI (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.[4]
Hungary
Italy
Mozambique
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.[7][8]
Norway
Poland
- LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936-1939)[6]
Portugal
Romania
South Africa
http://www.saamuseum.co.za/our-aircraft/66-junkers-ju-52-casa-352l.html
Soviet Union
Spanish State
Sweden
Switzerland
- Ju-Air (still used, used only 3 Ju 52)
- Swissair
Turkey
United Kingdom
- British Airways Limited[9]
- British European Airways[9]
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- Railway Air Services[9]
Uruguay
- Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)[10]
Yugoslavia
Military operators
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Colombia
NDH
Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakian Air Force (postwar)
Ecuador
France
- French Air Force (postwar)
- French Navy (postwar)
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.
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
Romania
- Royal Romanian Air Force
- Romanian Air Force (postwar)
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.
Yugoslavia
- 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
- 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
- 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)
See also
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References
- ↑ Stroud 1966, p. 634.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Stroud 1966, p. 635.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Stroud 1966, p. 636.
- ↑ Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE
- ↑ Stroud 1966, p. 641.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stroud 1966, p. 642.
- ↑ "Australia's Air Transport" Flight magazine, 23 August 1957, p.282 (online archive version) retrieved 2010-06-20
- ↑ "World Airlines Survey - Gibbes Sepik Airways" Flight magazine, 13 April 1961, p.495 (online archive version) retrieved 2010-06-20
- 1 2 3 4 5 Stroud 1966, p. 643.
- ↑ Stroud 1966, p. 644.
- Stroud, John (1966). European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Putnam.