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.
Civil operators
The civil operators was operated airlines
- Aeroposta Argentina[1]
- Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)
- Ministry of Agriculture
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- Canadian Airways Limited
- Canadian Pacific Airlines
- Eurasia
- ČSA Československé aerolinie[3]
- Government of Czechoslovakia (Postwar)
- Aero Cargo
- Air France
- Air Ocean
- CTA Languedoc Roussillon
- Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
- Socotra
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- Deutsche Luft Hansa
- Lufthansa (one still in used for special flights)
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- 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.[4]
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- Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aéreos[6]
- 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]
- LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936-1939)[6]
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- Iberia Airlines[10]
- Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)
- Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)[11]
Military operators
- Austrian Air Force
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- Belgian Air Force
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- Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
- Czechoslovakian Air Force (postwar)[13]
- French Air Force (postwar)[14]
- 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.
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- Royal Hungarian Air Force
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- Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service: One aircraft rented from DNL from January 1940 to 9 April 1940.
- Norwegian Air Force (captured) (postwar)
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- Soviet Air Force (postwar)
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- Syrian Air Force (postwar)
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USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.
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- SFR Yugoslav Air Force[17]
- 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
- 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
- 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)
References
- Stroud 1966, p. 634.
- Stroud 1966, p. 635.
- Stroud 1966, p. 636.
- Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Stroud 1966, p. 641.
- Stroud 1966, p. 642.
- Burns Flight 23 August 1957, p. 282.
- Flight 13 April 1961, p. 495.
- Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 281
- Stroud 1966, p. 643.
- Stroud 1966, p. 644.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 5a.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 6a.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 8a.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 17a.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 19a.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 22a.
- Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Burns, W. G. (23 August 1957). "Australia's Air Transport". Flight. Vol. 72 no. 2535. pp. 281–282. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- Stroud, John (1966). European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Putnam.
- "World Airline Directory". Flight. 13 April 1961. pp. 477–513. Retrieved 10 March 2019.