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List of Junkers Ju 52 operators
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The List of Junkers Ju 52 operators lists by country the civil airlines and military air forces and units that have operated the aircraft.
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Civil operators
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The civil operators was operated airlines
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
- ČSA Československé aerolinie[8]
- Government of Czechoslovakia (postwar)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Aero Cargo[9]
- Aigle Azur[9]
- Air France[9]
- Air Nolis[10]
- Air Ocean[9]
- Avions Bleus[10]
- CTA Languedoc Roussillon[11]
- LASO France[10]
- Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
- SOCOTRA[12]
- Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux[13]
Nazi Germany
Germany
- Deutsche Luft Hansa
- Lufthansa (one still in used for special flights)

Greece
- Elliniki Eteria Enaerion Sinkinonion
EEES operated three Junkers Ju 52/3m. The first arrived on June 28, 1938, with W.Nr.5984 and registration SX-ACF. The other two were SX-ACH (W.Nr.6004) and SX-ACI (W.Nr.6025). All three were used by the Royal Hellenic Air Force during the 1940-41 war against Italy and Germany. All were captured by the Wehrmacht and transferred to the Luftwaffe.[14]
Hungary
Italy
Mozambique
New Guinea
- Gibbes Sepik Airways
- Mandated Airlines
Between 1955 and 1959 Gibbes Sepik Airways operated three Ju 52/3ms purchased in Sweden. Mandated Airlines bought Gibbes Sepik Airways in 1959 and continued to operate the two surviving aircraft until the following year.[17][18]
Norway
Poland
- LOT Polish Airlines (1 in 1936–1939)[16]
Portugal
Romania
South Africa

Soviet Union
Spanish State
Sweden
Switzerland
- Ju-Air (still used, used only 2 Ju 52)
Turkey
United Kingdom
Uruguay
- Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)[21]
Yugoslavia
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Military operators
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Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Colombia
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovak Air Force (postwar)[27]
Ecuador
France
- French Air Force (postwar)[28]
- French Navy (postwar)[29]
When France was liberated some Ju 52 were captured and used. The Ju 52 had been manufactured in France during the war by the Junkers-controlled Amiot company, and production continued after 1945 as the Amiot AAC 1 Toucan (more than 500 were produced). French built Ju 52s were widely used, not only in France but also in colonial wars in Algeria, Vietnam and Thailand.
Nazi Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Norway
- Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service: One aircraft rented from DNL from January 1940 to 9 April 1940.
- Norwegian Air Force (captured) (postwar)
Peru
Portugal
Kingdom of Romania
South Africa
Slovakia
Soviet Union
- Soviet Air Force (postwar)
Spanish State
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
- Syrian Air Force (postwar)
United States

USAAF operated one aircraft known as Junkers C-79.[34]
Yugoslavia
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force[35]
- 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944-1948)
- 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948-1966)
- 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961-1964)
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