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The List of Junkers Ju 52 operators lists by country the civil airlines and military air forces and units that have operated the aircraft.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

Civil operators

The civil operators was operated airlines

Argentina

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

Austria

• Österreichische Luftverkehrs[2]

Belgium

• Sabena[3]

Bolivia

• Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano[3]

Brazil

• Aeronorte
• Cruzeiro do Sul
• Syndicato Condor - Serviços Aéreos Condor[3]
• VASP[3]
• VARIG[3]

Canada

• Canadian Airways Limited
• Canadian Pacific Airlines

China

• Eurasia[2]

Czechoslovakia

• ČSA Československé aerolinie[4]
• Government of Czechoslovakia (Postwar)

Denmark

• Det Danske Luftfartsselskab[4]

Estonia

• AGO[4]

Finland

• Aero Oy[4]
• DLL

France

• Aero Cargo[5]
• Aigle Azur[5]
• Air France[5]
• Air Nolis[6]
• Air Ocean[5]
• Avions Bleus[6]
• CTA Languedoc Roussillon[7]
• LASO France[6]
• Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
• SOCOTRA[8]
• Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux[9]

Nazi Germany

• Deruluft
• Deutsche Lufthansa[4]

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 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.[10]

Hungary

• Malert[11]

Italy

• Ala Littoria[12]

Mozambique

• Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aéreos[12]

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.[13][14]

Norway

• Det Norske Luftfartselskap[12]

Poland

• LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936–1939)[12]

Portugal

• Aero Portuguesa[8]

Romania

• LARES[12]
• Transnistrian air section[15]

South Africa

• South African Airways[12]

Soviet Union

• Deruluft
• Aeroflot

Spanish State

• Iberia Airlines[16]

Sweden

• AB Aerotransport[16]

Switzerland

• Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)

Turkey

• Turkish Airlines

United Kingdom

• British Airways Limited[16]
• British European Airways[16]
• British Overseas Airways Corporation
• Railway Air Services[16]

Uruguay

• Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)[17]

Yugoslavia

• JAT[18]

Military operators

Argentina

• Argentine Air Force

Austria

• Austrian Air Force[19]

Belgium

• Belgian Air Force

Belgian Congo

• Force Publique

Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force[20]

Colombia

• Colombian Air Force[21]

Croatia

• Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovakian Air Force (postwar)[22]

Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Air Force

France

• French Air Force (postwar)[23]
• French Navy (postwar)[24]

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[25]

Greece

• Hellenic Air Force

Hungary

• Royal Hungarian Air Force[26]

Italy

• Regia Aeronautica

Norway

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

Peru

• Peruvian Air Force

Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force[19]

Kingdom of Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force[26]
• Romanian Air Force (postwar)[27]

South Africa

• South African Air Force

Slovakia

• Slovak Air Force (1939–45)

Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force (postwar)

Spanish State

• Spanish Air Force[28]

Sweden

• Swedish Air Force

Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force[19]

Syria

• Syrian Air Force (postwar)

United States

• United States Army Air Forces

USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.[29]

Yugoslavia

• SFR Yugoslav Air Force[30]
  • 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
  • 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
  • 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)

Notes

References

• Axworthy, Mark (1995). Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-267-7.
• Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
• Burns, W. G. (23 August 1957). "Australia's Air Transport". Flight. Vol. 72, no. 2535. pp. 281–282. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
• 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.
• "World Airline Directory". Flight. 13 April 1961. pp. 477–513. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

External links

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

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