List of Junkers Ju 52 operators explained
See 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.
Civil operators
The civil operators was operated airlines
Argentina
Austria
- Österreichische Luftverkehrs[1]
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
See main article: Republic of China (1912–1949).
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Nazi Germany
Germany
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.[2]
Hungary
See main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46).
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.
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
- LARES
- Transnistrian air section
South Africa
Soviet Union
Spanish State
See main article: Francoist Spain.
Sweden
Switzerland
- Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)
Turkey
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Yugoslavia
Military operators
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Colombia
Croatia
See main article: Independent State of Croatia.
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador
France
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
See main article: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46).
Italy
See main article: Kingdom of Italy.
Norway
One aircraft rented from DNL from January 1940 to 9 April 1940.
Peru
Portugal
Kingdom of Romania
South Africa
Slovakia
See main article: Slovak Republic (1939–1945).
Soviet Union
Spanish State
See main article: Francoist Spain.
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
United States
USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.
Yugoslavia
References
- Book: Axworthy, Mark . Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945 . 1995 . London . Arms and Armour Press . 1-85409-267-7.
- Book: Bridgman, Leonard . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52 . 1951 . Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. . London .
- Burns . W. G. . Australia's Air Transport . . 23 August 1957 . 72 . 2535 . 281–282 . 10 March 2019 . .
- Book: Chillon . J. . Dubois . J-P . Wegg . J. . French Post-War Transport Aircraft . 1980 . Tonbridge, Kent, UK . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. . 0-85130-078-2.
- Delmas . Jean . 1935–1985, de l'Aéromaritime à l'UTA (fin). Le Fana de l'Aviation . June 1985 . 187 . 12–19 . fr . .
- Book: Green, William . Warplanes of the Third Reich . 1972 . New York . Doubleday . 0-385-05782-2.
- Book: Hagedorn, Dan . Latin American Air Wars and Aircraft 1912–1969 . 2006 . Crowborough . Hikoki Publications . 1-902-109-44-9.
- Book: Stroud, John . European Transport Aircraft since 1910 . 1966 . Putnam .
- Book: Swanborough . F. G. . Bowers . Peter M. . United States Military Aircraft since 1909 . 1963 . London . Putnam .
- Book: Tincopa . Amaru . Rivas . Santiago . Axis Aircraft in Latin America . 2016 . Manchester, UK . Crécy Publishing . 978-1-90210-949-7.
- World Airline Directory . . 13 April 1961 . 477–513 . 10 March 2019 . .
External links
Notes and References
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- http://koti.welho.com/msolanak/grciviairlines.html Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE
