The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) was a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s.

• Role: Transport aircraft
• National origin: Germany
• Manufacturer: Junkers
• First flight: 13 October 1930 (Ju 52/1m); 7 March 1932 (Ju 52/3m)
• Introduction: 1931
• Status: retired
• Produced: 1931–1945 (Germany) Junkers, 1945–1947 (France) Amiot AAC 1 Toucan, 1945–1952 (Spain) CASA 352 and 352L
• Number built: 4,845

Civil Junkers Ju 52 Fact-sheet

Military operators

• Argentina
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• NDH
• Czechoslovakia
• Denmark
• Ecuador
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Lebanon
• Norway
• Peru
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• South Africa
• Slovakia
• Soviet Union
• Spanish State
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Yugoslavia

Specifications (Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e)

General characteristics

• Crew: three (two pilots, radio operator)
• Capacity: 18 troops or 12 litter patients
• Length: 18.90 m (62 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 29.25 m (95 ft 10 in)
• Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 110.5 m² (1,190 ft²)
• Empty weight: 6,510 kg (14,325 lb)
• Loaded weight: 9,200 kg (20,270 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 10,990 kg (24,200 lb)
• Powerplant: 3 × BMW 132T radial engines, 533 kW (715 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 265 km/h (165 mph) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 211 km/h (132 mph)
• Range: 870 km (540 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,490 m (18,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 17 minutes to 3,050 m (10,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns:
• 1 × 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun in a dorsal position
• 2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine guns
• Bombs: up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of bombs (some variants)