Ju 52/3m Bomber and Transport Units 1936-41:

"For more than ten years, the Junkers Ju 52/3m saw service as a successful military transport, its distinctive, three-engined design and corrugated metal consruction becoming instantly recognisable. Initially built as a passenger aircraft for Deutsche Lufthansa, its first military deployment ca...

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Main Author: Forsyth, Robert 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Laurier, Jim (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York Osprey Publishing 2017
Series:Combat aircraft 120
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Summary:"For more than ten years, the Junkers Ju 52/3m saw service as a successful military transport, its distinctive, three-engined design and corrugated metal consruction becoming instantly recognisable. Initially built as a passenger aircraft for Deutsche Lufthansa, its first military deployment came in South America in the Chaco War, but in German hands, the aircraft was first blooded in the Spanish Civil War, where it was pressed into service as a crude, but effective bomber. From then on the Luftwaffe deployed the 'Tante Ju' across Western Europe, the Mediterranean and the East, carrying freight, dropping paratroops and airlifting wounded personnel, often operating in the most hostile conditions, confronting freezing temperatures and ice, or heat and dust. This, the first of two books on the Ju 52/3m, details its early develpoment and the pivotal role it played during Nazi Germany's conquest of Europe." -- Back cover
Physical Description:96 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9781472818805
1472818806

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