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.

Preserved Ju 52 at Duxford, 2001, showing corrugated skin

Civil operators

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The civil operators was operated airlines

Argentina

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Austria

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Belgium

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Bolivia

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Brazil

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Canada

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China

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Czechoslovakia

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Denmark

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Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Nazi Germany

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Germany

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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

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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

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Italy

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Mozambique

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New Guinea

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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

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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South Africa

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

Soviet Union

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Spanish State

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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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

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United Kingdom

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Uruguay

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Yugoslavia

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Military operators

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Argentina

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Austria

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Belgium

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Belgian Congo

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Bolivia

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Bulgaria

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Colombia

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Croatia

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Czechoslovakia

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Ecuador

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France

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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

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Greece

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Hungary

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Italy

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Norway

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Peru

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Portugal

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Kingdom of Romania

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South Africa

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Slovakia

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Soviet Union

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Spanish State

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Syria

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United States

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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.

USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.[34]

Yugoslavia

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References

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  • 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.
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