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  Junkers Ju 52/3m
The Junkers Ju 52 was originally designed and produced as a single-engine civil transport which first flew in October 1930.
The Ju 52/3m first flew in April 1932, and it was produced in large numbers for use by Lufthansa and the airlines of over twenty other nations.
It was one of 493 Ju 52/m3 used in the invasion of Crete.
www.angelfire.com /oh3/pmodels/ju52.html   (625 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 52 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju - "Auntie Ju" - and "Iron Annie") was a transport aircraft and bomber manufactured 1932 – 1945 by Junkers.
In a military role, it flew with the Luftwaffe as a troop and cargo transport, with a secondary role as a medium bomber.
The Ju 52 was also flown by the Swiss Air Force, with three machines remaining in operation until the early 1980s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Junkers_Ju_52   (801 words)

  
 John Dell - Chauncy Green Junker JU 52 from Fiddlersgreen.net
The Ju 52 was obsolete as a bomber by 1939, but because of its durability, simplicity of design, and handling characteristics it continued to serve throughout WW II as a versatile workhorse of the German transport fleet.
This Ju 52 served as an auxiliary bomber during the Annexation of Austria in 1938.
This Ju 52 was one of the first to arrive with the Germans during the Spanish Civil War.
www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Junkers-Ju52/ju52.php   (809 words)

  
 Warbird Alley: Junkers Ju 52/3m
Ju 52 owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force.
Based on a short-lived single engine model, the Ju 52 first flew in April 1931 and quickly became the workhorse of both the airline and the reviving Luftwaffe, with a standard passenger-carrying load of 17.
With three BMW engines of 725 horsepower each, the Ju 52 had a maximum speed of 171 mph and a range of 800 miles.
www.warbirdalley.com /ju52.htm   (399 words)

  
 About Ju-52 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Nicknamed "Tante Ju" (Auntie Ju) and "Iron Annie" by Axis and Allied troops, the Junkers Ju-52 was the most famous German transport of the war.
Therefor the Ju 52 was fitted with 3 cells capable of carrying 3,307 lb (1.500 kg) of bombs in the fuselage.
It was based on the Junkers Ju 52/3m g5e, but had a number of improvements: an autopilot, a larger starboard-side loading hatch, and a rearward extension of the upper part of the central engine.
www.ju52-3m.ch.cob-web.org:8888 /about.htm   (1475 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 52
The Junkers Ju 52 nicknamed "Tante Ju" (Auntie Ju) and "Iron Annie" was a civilian airliner and military transport aircraft and bomber manufactured between 1932 and 1945 by Junkers.
Originally prototyped in 1930 with one engine by Ernst Zindel in the Junkers works at Dessau, its corrugated metal fuselage gave a characteristic boxy appearance.
The Ju 52 first saw military service in the Spanish Civil War with roles as a bomber and as a transport, including paratroop drops.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ju/Junkers_Ju_52.html   (196 words)

  
 Junkers JU-52 - 1210
The Ju 52 trimotor, like the USAF C-47, was first built in the 1930s yet remained in service for more than a quarter century.
Ju 52s delivered the attacking forces and their supplies during the German invasion of Norway, Denmark, France and the Low Countries in 1940.
Almost 500 Ju 52s participated in the historic airborne assualt on the island of Crete in May 1941 and Junkers later supplied Rommel's armored forces in North Africa.
www.scalecraft.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=288   (167 words)

  
 Tp 5 Junkers Ju 52/3m
The Ju 52/3m was a typical Junkers design with covering of corrugated duralumin skinning on a nearly rectangular fuselage.
Nearly five thousand aircraft of the type were built during the years 1934-1945, most of them as military transports and bombers, but also in the beginning as civilian airliners.
After the war, several surplus Ju 52s were sold abroad and again used in civil service.
www.avrosys.nu /aircraft/Transport/255Tp5.htm   (223 words)

  
 CASA 352L
It made its debut in 1932 and was destined to become one of the best-known European transport aircraft in history, and certainly the one produced in the greatest numbers.
Most spectacularly, an armada of Ju 52/3m's parachuted troops into Allied-held Crete, and 170 of the fleet of 493 were shot down.
The floatplane version of the Ju 52/3m had maintained the essential communications service along the coast of Norway throughout the Second World War; and is believed to have continued for a few days after the termination of hostilities because no order came through telling that dismembered unit of D.L.H. to stop.
www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/casa352l.htm   (912 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 52/3m - Wikipedia
Kurioserweise wurden die ersten beiden je gebauten Ju 52/3m (Werknummern 4008 - eigentlich eine umgebaute JU 52 ce - und 4009) in Bolivien und nicht wie allgemein oft angenommen in Deutschland in Dienst gestellt.
Die dreimotorige Ausführung der Ju 52 prägte den zivilen Luftverkehr wie nur wenige weitere und ist heute eines der bekanntesten historischen Flugzeuge aus deutscher Produktion überhaupt.
Ju 52/3m MS, einige Transportflugzeuge wurden mit einer elektrischen Spule versehen, die Magnetminen durch Überfliegen zur Explosion bringen konnte.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Junkers_Ju_52/3m   (2474 words)

  
 Amazon.de: JU 52 - Doku über Tante JU: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
JU 52 - Doku über Tante JU (4 Kundenrezensionen)
Die Junkers Ju 52 (manchmal auch liebevoll aus Tante Ju bezeichet) ist ein Flugzeug des deutschen Flugzeugbauers Junkers.
Das heute als Ju 52 bekannte Flugzeug ist die dreimotorige Ausführung Junkers Ju 52/3m, die aus dem einmotorigen Modell Ju52/1m hervorging.
www.amazon.de /JU-52-Die-legend%C3%A4re-Tante/dp/B000B66138   (529 words)

  
 HUGO JUNKERS
A heavy bomber version appeared in 1934 that formed the nucleus of the Luftwaffe's infant bomber force in the mid-1930s and was used during the Spanish Civil War.
The German Ju 88 was one of the most versatile airplanes of World War II and was used in practically every kind of combat role.
The Ju 52 was built in greater numbers than any other European transport.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Junkers/Aero55.htm   (1408 words)

  
 WW2 Warbirds: the Junkers Ju 52 Tante Ju - Frans Bonné
The Junkers Ju 52 was to the Germans like the Douglas C-47 was to the Allied forces.
The Ju 52 finds it'sorigins in the late 1920's, when Junkers had a very succesfull freighter, the W 33 and W 34.
From 1937 onwards, the Ju 52/3m started serving less as a bomber, and extended it's operational duties more to transport, bomber-crew trainer, glider tug (for the DFS 230 assault glider), and in the airborne forces role.
www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/junkju52.html   (1945 words)

  
 EADS N.V. - 100 Years of Aviation: Junkers Ju 52   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the second decade of the age of air travel, a Junkers aircraft would once again dominate the skies: the tri-motor Ju 52/3m, also known as the “Tante (Aunt) Ju.” The first flight of the Ju 52 – originally configured as a single-engine cargo plane – took place on 3 September 1930.
Prompted by Lufthansa’s request, the 52 was converted to a three-engine aircraft, and one of the most reliable transport aircraft of all time was now available to the world.
In Germany, 5,000 Ju 52/3m in its various configurations were built, of which almost two thirds were made as military transport aircraft for the Luftwaffe.
eads.com /web/content/en/1024/content/OF00000000400004/9/13/542139.html   (253 words)

  
 Munich Airport- Experience the airport- Visitors' Park- Historic aircraft - Junkers Ju 52 / 3m 1937
The three-propeller aircraft is a rebuilt replica of the historic Junkers Ju 52 with the call letters D-ANOY and the name "Rudolf von Thüna".
For the first time, the cockpit and cabin of the Ju 52 are open to inspection.
New recordings of excerpts from Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz's retelling of his historic flight over the Pamir mountain range in a Ju 52 and the reminiscences of other great figures in aviation history bring this fascinating period to life.
www.munich-airport.de /EN/Areas/Consumer/Erlebnis/Besucherpark/Flugzeuge/Ju52/index.html   (451 words)

  
 Corgi AA36904 - Diecast Model Ju 52 Luftwaffe C-Schulen, Eastern Front, December 1941: The Flying Mule
The Ju 52s were used in large numbers in the occupation of Austria and Czechoslovakia and in the forefront of the invasions of Norway and Denmark and when Holland was invaded, at which time many were destroyed.
The final German airborne invasion, that of Crete, was the most costly of any undertaken by the Luftwaffe, and a third of the 500 Ju 52s operating from Greece were destroyed or badly damaged.
Designed as three engined commercial and military transport, the Ju 52 was first flown in April, 1931.[See more Junkers Ju 52 products]
www.flyingmule.com /products/CG-AA36904   (361 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Junkers JU 52: The Luftwaffe's Workhorse (Luftwaffe at War Series): Books: Morten Jessen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Ju 52 was an essential part of the Luftwaffe and it proved itself a versatile and reliable aircraft in almost six years of conflict.
The Ju 52 first saw service as a civil airliner in the 1930s but, on the outbreak of war in 1939, it found a demanding role as the Luftwaffe's primary transport aircraft, deployed in the transportation of supplies and personnel and, on occasion, flying paratroopers to their target destination or evacuating wounded from isolated pockets.
This important contribution to the Luftwaffe at War Series highlights the contribution made by the JU 52 and covers all the major types and variants of this rugged aircraft.
www.amazon.com /Junkers-JU-Luftwaffes-Workhorse-Luftwaffe/dp/1853675091   (958 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 52 Tante Ju 1/72 Scale
This is a model of a transport plane that carried paratroops for the invasion of Crete in May 1941.
The Ju 52 began life as a commercial airliner and ended up being Germany's primary air transport plane during WWII.
It was called the Ju 52 See when its landing gear was replaced with floats for water-based operations.
www.jdburgessonline.com /planes/ju52.html   (326 words)

  
 Stof's Ju 52/3m Page
The Ju 52/3m was a major instrument in the invasion of Norway, in April 1940.
The original Ju 52 only had one engine; but this underpowered plane was quickly developped into the Ju 52/3m; 3m meaning of course Drei motoren ("three engines").
The Ju 52/3m appeared in the version 2.5 of WarBirds, as the vector of a new strategic element: paratroopers.
perso.wanadoo.fr /christophe.arribat/stofju52.html   (342 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 86 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s by Junkers.
The Ju 86K was an export model, also built under license in Sweden as the B 3 with 905 hp Bristol Mercury XIX engines.
Ju 49 - Ju 52 - Ef 61 - Ju 86 - Ju 87 - Ju 90 - Ju 136
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Junkers_Ju_86   (466 words)

  
 Junkers Ju-52 " Warbus " Files
Ju 52 foi o a maioria do Alemão famoso transporta da guerra.
O Ju 52 servido como um avião para muitas nações.
Ju 52 servido em todo teatro em que Alemanha participada.
members.fortunecity.com /ferozhouse/pagina133.html   (437 words)

  
 Junkers.de | Flugzeuge | Ju 52: Einleitung
Die "Tante Ju", wie die Ju 52 liebevoll genannt wurde, entwickelte sich wie kein anderes Flugzeug ihrer Zeit zum Synonym für Zuverlässigkeit und komfortables Reisen.
Die hervorragenden Erfahrungen mit der Typenreihe von der F 13 über die W 33 bis zur G 31 hatten gezeigt, dass nicht nur der Passagierverkehr, sondern auch der Transport von Gütern eine große Zukunft hatte.
Komfortables Reisen: Die Ausstattung der Ju 52 bei der Lufthansa
www.junkers.de /flugzeuge/ju52   (475 words)

  
 JU 52 Airplane Mini Minkee Baby Blanket by Lillamonsters
JU 52 Airplane Mini Minkee Baby Blanket by Lillamonsters
"JU 52 Airplane" is a super soft lovey baby blanket made with blue checked minkee on the front that feels like baby rabbit and silky brown satin on the back that is outright addictive.
A retro ribbon featuring Junker 52 airplanes is added for the "cool" factor and creates a loop to fit little thumbs or to help attach to a stroller.
www.lillamonsters.com /website/babyblanket/4031JU52.html   (151 words)

  
 Fallschirmjäger-Lehrkompanie - Ju-52 Flight
In 1982 the aircraft was assigned to the SoLaMich Wing.
With permission of the General Staff the aircraft was repainted as a Ju 52 of the 7th Staffel KGzbV1.
There are seven Ju 52’s flying in the world, and the CAF's is the only one on this continent.
www.fj-lehrkompanie.com /JU52.htm   (755 words)

  
 The Ju 52/3m D-CDLH Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Two years later a DNL team took it back to Norway, where the Ju 52/3m, with the identity LN-KAP "Askeladden", was used till 1956 when it was put on sale.
In 1963, after seven years of demanding activity, the old aircraft was grounded and abandoned along a runvay, as the scrapping costs were excessive.
Lester Weaver, an American aircraft enthusiast, found the Ju 52 in 1970 and decided to salvage the aircraft that was to become quite a rare bird at that time.
www.fly-net.org /aeromedia/ju52stgb.html   (386 words)

  
 junkers ju 52
Junkers Ju 52 / 3m g5e Tante Ju, 1926 yılında tek motorlu ticari yolcu uçağı olarak tasarlanmasına rağmen, 2 nci Dünya Savaşı boyunca tüm cephelerde Luftwaffe'nin standart nakliye uçağı olarak görev yapmış ve ‹‹ Aunt Ju / Ju Teyze ›› veya ‹‹ Iron Annie / Demir Anna ›› olarak adlandırılmıştır.
BMW 132A motorlu Junkers Ju 52 / 3m g3e ve g4e nakliye / bombardıman uçağı; değiştirilebilir tekerlek, kayak veya bot iniş takımlı g5e modeli, silahlı nakliye uçağı olan g6e ve g7e ise daha kuvvetli BMW 132T motorları ile donatılmıştır.
Junkers Ju 52 / 3m, 1944 ortalarına kadar 4,845 adet üretilmiş, savaş sona erdikten sonra da 1980’lerin ortalarına kadar Almanya ve birçok ülkede uzun ve parlak bir kariyer ortaya koymuştur.
www.angelfire.com /ca6/modelci/ju52g5e/ju52.htm   (391 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 52/3m by Ian Robertson (ProModeler 1/48)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Believe it or not the Ju.52, which first flew in 1930, was originally designed as a single engine civil transport.
Although an excellent transport aircraft, the Ju.52/3m was ill-suited as a bomber and was soon replaced in this role by more specialized aircraft.
During WWII the Ju.52/3m, nicknamed "Tante Ju" by the Germans and "Iron Annie" by the Allies, served in all fronts as a versatile and reliable transport of both men and supplies.
www.kitparade.com /features01/ju52ir_1.htm   (998 words)

  
 Junkers Ju-52 by Frank Crenshaw (Revell-Monogram 1/48 scale)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is Revell-Monogram's Junkers Ju-52 "Tante Ju" in 1/48 scale.
Since most Ju-52s were marked similarly, I just decided to leave the Chess Knight marking off and paint the cowlings slightly differently than indicated in the instructions.
I had heard that the kit decals were impossible to use due to distortions caused by the corrugations.
www.kitparade.com /features00/ju52fc_1.htm   (907 words)

  
 Cybermodeler Online - Junkers Ju 52 Photo Walk Around
The photos here are a walkaround of the US Air Force Museum Museum Junkers Ju 52.
These photos are supplemented with photos of Ju 52s from the RAF Museum at Cosford, the Ju 52 from the Commemorative Air Force, and the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
(does this mean that this Ju 52 had a 'Speedbird' callsign too?).
cybermodeler.com /aircraft/ju52/auntieju.shtml   (117 words)

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