Ju-52 in the Vietnam Wars
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Ju-52 in the Vietnam Wars
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The difference between South Vietnamese markings (ARVN) and American was simply that in the horizontal stripes outside the circle the bars were blue-yellow-blue-yellow-blue again from top to bottom.
One should add to that list of WW2 aircraft flown by the french some Lancaster bombers until 1952 for naval patrol in the Pacific from New Caledonia. One of these lives in a museum at Auckland New Zealand.
Gosh ther must be heaps of rare WW2 aircraft at isolated sites like Dien Bien Phu ?
I know that fossickers have gone to Vietnam in the last ten years and bought Skyraiders, Cessna A-37 Dragonfly etc. Be worth going there just for a look and making a documentary.
The difference between South Vietnamese markings (ARVN) and American was simply that in the horizontal stripes outside the circle the bars were blue-yellow-blue-yellow-blue again from top to bottom.
One should add to that list of WW2 aircraft flown by the french some Lancaster bombers until 1952 for naval patrol in the Pacific from New Caledonia. One of these lives in a museum at Auckland New Zealand.
Gosh ther must be heaps of rare WW2 aircraft at isolated sites like Dien Bien Phu ?
I know that fossickers have gone to Vietnam in the last ten years and bought Skyraiders, Cessna A-37 Dragonfly etc. Be worth going there just for a look and making a documentary.
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Most Ju 52s were destroyed after the war, but a small number were manufactured after 1945. In France the machine was manufactured by Amiot as the Amiot AAC 1 Toucan and in Spain, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA continued production as the CASA 352. Several Ju 52s are airworthy and in regular use today.
At the moment there are eight airworthy Junkers Ju 52 worldwide.
* Ju-Air, HB-HOP/HOT/HOS, Ju 52/3m g4e,
Dübendorf Air Base (near Zürich)/Switzerland former A-701/702/703 of Swiss Air Force, original BMW-engines
* Ju-Air, HB-HOY, CASA 352L,
usually Mönchengladbach/Germany or Dübendorf Air Base/Switzerland now fitted with original BMW-engines, was on public display at Düsseldorf Airport/Germany before as D-CIAK
* Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung, D-CDLH, Ju 52/3m,
Hamburg in historic Lufthansa colors as D-AQUI (the livery this plane wore in 1936), P&W-engines, now with 3-blades propellers, till 1984 known as Iron Annie N52JU
* South African Airways Historic Flight, ZS-AFA CASA 352
Swartkop/South Africa bought from England in 1984 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of South African Airways
* Commemorative Air Force, N352JU, CASA 352L
Gary Regional Airport/Indiana/United States near Chicago operated by 'The Great Lakes Wing' of 'Commemorative Air Force', P&W-engines, fitted with 3-blades propellers
* Amicale J.B. Salis, F-AZJU, CASA 352,
Cerny/La Ferté Alais near Paris/France restoration finished in 2003
The oldest airworthy JU52
Produced 1936. Serial 5489. Reg. D-AQUI Fritz Simon. Sold to DNL Det Norske Luftfartsselskap in 1936 and registered as LN-DAH, Falken. Confiscated by German Army 1940. Given the old D-AQUI registration but named Kurt Wintgens. After the war, the Allied returned it to its former owners, DNL. Registered as LN-KAF Askeladden it served on the Norwegian coast Tromsø - Kirkenes from February 1948 until 1956. Parked at Oslo Fornbu Airport for one year, sold to Transportes Aereos Orientales in Ecuador, New Registration HB-ABS Amazonas. Taken out of service in 1963 and left at Quito Airport for six years, it was bought by a former American Air Force pilot, Lester Weaver for $ 52,500. Given registry N130LV, but American authorities certified her only as "Experimental". In 1975 an American writer, Martin Caidin bought it for $150.000. Christened it Iron Annie. Register N52JU. It was used at Air Shows until Lufthansa acquired it in December 1984: It was flown to Hamburg via Greenland, Iceland and England. After a year it took to the air again, better than ever
The official registration painted under the tail is D-CDLH . The aircraft's name is now Tempelhof.
The old registration D-AQUI is painted on the wings.
Taken from Wiki
At the moment there are eight airworthy Junkers Ju 52 worldwide.
* Ju-Air, HB-HOP/HOT/HOS, Ju 52/3m g4e,
Dübendorf Air Base (near Zürich)/Switzerland former A-701/702/703 of Swiss Air Force, original BMW-engines
* Ju-Air, HB-HOY, CASA 352L,
usually Mönchengladbach/Germany or Dübendorf Air Base/Switzerland now fitted with original BMW-engines, was on public display at Düsseldorf Airport/Germany before as D-CIAK
* Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung, D-CDLH, Ju 52/3m,
Hamburg in historic Lufthansa colors as D-AQUI (the livery this plane wore in 1936), P&W-engines, now with 3-blades propellers, till 1984 known as Iron Annie N52JU
* South African Airways Historic Flight, ZS-AFA CASA 352
Swartkop/South Africa bought from England in 1984 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of South African Airways
* Commemorative Air Force, N352JU, CASA 352L
Gary Regional Airport/Indiana/United States near Chicago operated by 'The Great Lakes Wing' of 'Commemorative Air Force', P&W-engines, fitted with 3-blades propellers
* Amicale J.B. Salis, F-AZJU, CASA 352,
Cerny/La Ferté Alais near Paris/France restoration finished in 2003
The oldest airworthy JU52
Produced 1936. Serial 5489. Reg. D-AQUI Fritz Simon. Sold to DNL Det Norske Luftfartsselskap in 1936 and registered as LN-DAH, Falken. Confiscated by German Army 1940. Given the old D-AQUI registration but named Kurt Wintgens. After the war, the Allied returned it to its former owners, DNL. Registered as LN-KAF Askeladden it served on the Norwegian coast Tromsø - Kirkenes from February 1948 until 1956. Parked at Oslo Fornbu Airport for one year, sold to Transportes Aereos Orientales in Ecuador, New Registration HB-ABS Amazonas. Taken out of service in 1963 and left at Quito Airport for six years, it was bought by a former American Air Force pilot, Lester Weaver for $ 52,500. Given registry N130LV, but American authorities certified her only as "Experimental". In 1975 an American writer, Martin Caidin bought it for $150.000. Christened it Iron Annie. Register N52JU. It was used at Air Shows until Lufthansa acquired it in December 1984: It was flown to Hamburg via Greenland, Iceland and England. After a year it took to the air again, better than ever
The official registration painted under the tail is D-CDLH . The aircraft's name is now Tempelhof.
The old registration D-AQUI is painted on the wings.
Taken from Wiki