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

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
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 Eteria Enaerion Sinkinonion

Hungary

 * Malert

Italy

 * Ala Littoria

Mozambique

 * Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aéreos

New Guinea
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.
 * Gibbes Sepik Airways
 * Mandated Airlines

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 (still used, used only 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

Argentina

 * Argentine Air Force

Austria

 * Austrian Air Force

Belgium

 * Belgian Air Force

Belgian Congo

 * Force Publique

Bolivia

 * Bolivian Air Force

Bulgaria

 * Bulgarian Air Force

Colombia

 * Colombian Air Force

Croatia

 * Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia

Czechoslovakia

 * Czechoslovakian Air Force (postwar)

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)

South Africa

 * South African Air Force

Slovakia

 * Slovak Air Force (1939–45)

Soviet Union

 * Soviet Air Force (postwar)

Spanish State

 * Spanish Air Force

Sweden

 * Swedish Air Force

Switzerland

 * Swiss Air Force

Syria

 * Syrian Air Force (postwar)

United States
USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.
 * United States Army Air Forces

Yugoslavia

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