Origin: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, also
built in France on German account by a SNASCO/Breguet/Amiot group,
built under license by CASA in Spain
Type: passenger and freight transport (also bomber,
reconnaissance, mine countermeasures, cas-evac and glider-tug)
Engine: three of the following types: 600hp BMW
Hornet, 725hp BMW 132A, 830hp BMW 132T (standard on nearly all wartime
versions), 925hp Bristol or PZL Pegasus, 750hp ENMASA Beta E-9C or
710hp Wright Cyclone (all nine-cylinder radials) or Jumo 5 diesel, Jumo
206 or BMW VI in-lines
Armament: usually none; in combat zones it was usual
to mount one 13mm MG 131 manually aimed from open dorsal cockpit and
two 7.92mm MG 15s manually aimed from beam windows
Speed: maximum speed 305km/h
Climb: initial climb 210m/minute
Ceiling: service ceiling 5,500m
Range: 1,300km
Weight: empty 5,600kg, loaded 11,030kg
Wingspan: 29.25m
Length: 18.9m
Height: 4.5m
Crew: two pilots and two or three gunners
History: first flight (Ju 52) 13 October 1930; (Ju
52/3m) May 1932; (Ju 52/3mg3e bomber) October 1934, first delivery
(AAC.1) August 1947, (CASA 352-L) 1952
Users: Argentina, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador,
France, Germany (Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Lufthansa), Hungary, Peru,
Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden
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