Junkers Ju 52 'Tante Ju'

Junkers Ju 52 'Tante Ju'

History

During April war it was used to land troops to capture Bijeljina airfield. Until the end of the war it served as main transport aircraft. It was also used during airborne assault during operation RÃ¶sselsprung.

Large number of flights resulted in many accidents and combat losses:

12 August 1943 - Ju 52 crashed while transporting soldiers of 100th Jager Division from Skopje to Å ejak resulting in 5 dead and 7 badly wounded

12 August 1943 - another Ju 52 was lost on that day when flying Sarajevo to Zagreb run into storm and crashed near Sisak leaving 11 dead including commander of FliegerfÃ¼hrer SÃ¼dost-Kroatien (Air Command Croatia) Lieutenant General Wolfgang von Chamier-Glisczinski

30 September 1943 - Ju 52 was destroyed on the Sinj airfield by artillery fire of 1st Proletarian division, it was used as part of transport 7th SS division which had task to disarm Italian army and take port city of Split

References

Italijanska avijacija u Jugoslaviji 1941-1943, Vojislav V. MikiÄ‡, Target Beograd 1998

Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo Drugome svjetskom ratu, Tihomir Lisko & Danko Canak, Danko Canak, Nova Gradiska 1998

Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske 1941-1945, Danijel Frka, Josip Novak & Sinisa Pogacic, PC graficke usluge d.o.o, Zagreb 1998

Recommended reading

Junkers JU 52: The Luftwaffe's Workhorse (Luftwaffe at War Series) by Morten Jessen

Junkers Ju 52 in Action

Junkers Ju 52 (Luftwaffe Profile Series, 14) by Manfred Griehl

DVD

A Flight to Dreams: JU-52 Junkers