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 Aeroposta Argentina Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) Ministry of Agriculture
Austria Österreichische Luftverkehrs.
Belgium Sabena
Bolivia Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
Brazil Aeronorte Cruzeiro do Sul Syndicato Condor - Serviços Aéreos Condor VASP VARIG
Canada Canadian Airways Limited Canadian Pacific Airlines
China
Eurasia
Czechoslovakia ČSA Československé aerolinie Government of Czechoslovakia (postwar)
Denmark Det Danske Luftfartsselskab
Estonia AGO
Finland Aero Oy DLL
France Aero Cargo Aigle Azur Air France Air Nolis Air Ocean Avions Bleus CTA Languedoc Roussillon LASO France Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne SOCOTRA Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
Nazi Germany Deruluft Deutsche Lufthansa
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.Elliniki Etaireia Enaerion Synkoinonion AE
Hungary
Malert
Italy Ala Littoria
Mozambique Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aéreos
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 Det Norske Luftfartselskap
Poland LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936–1939)
Portugal Aero Portuguesa
Romania LARES Transnistrian air section
South Africa
South African Airways
Soviet Union Deruluft Aeroflot
Spanish State
Iberia Airlines
Sweden AB Aerotransport
Switzerland
Ju-Air (used 2 Ju 52)
Turkey Turkish Airlines
United Kingdom British Airways Limited British European Airways British Overseas Airways Corporation Railway Air Services
Uruguay Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)
Yugoslavia JAT
Military operators Argentina Argentine Air Force
Austria Austrian Air Force
Belgium Belgian Air Force
Belgian Congo Force Publique
Bolivia Bolivian Air Force
Bulgaria Bulgarian Air Force
China Chinese Nationalist Air Force Colombia Colombian Air Force
Croatia
Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force (postwar)
East Germany Volkspolizei-Luft Ecuador Ecuadorian Air Force
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.
Nazi Germany Luftwaffe
Greece Hellenic Air Force
Hungary
Royal Hungarian Air Force
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
Kingdom of Romania Royal Romanian Air Force Romanian Air Force (postwar)
Slovakia
Slovak Air Force (1939–1945)
South Africa South African Air Force
Soviet Union Soviet Air Force
Spanish State
Spanish Air Force
Sweden Swedish Air Force
Switzerland Swiss Air Force
Syria Syrian Air Force (postwar)
United States
United States Army Air Forces USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.
Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslav Air Force 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948) 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966) 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)
Notes
References
External links
South African Airways Museum Society