US operated Jumkers Ju52
Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:32 pm
Greetings all,
as I know Junkers 52/3m operated by the US and it was serial number 42-52883, and designated C-79. It served somewhere in the Panama but I am not sure.
If you have mo' info and images... thank you
Cheers
as I know Junkers 52/3m operated by the US and it was serial number 42-52883, and designated C-79. It served somewhere in the Panama but I am not sure.
If you have mo' info and images... thank you
Cheers
Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:38 pm
Baugher says:
42-52883 Junkers C-79
Ju 52/3m ge c/n J5283 originally D-AENF. On Apr 1, 1937 transferred to Lufthansa
Sudamerika for Andes service and named 'Aconcagua'. Transferred to Brazilian Airline
Sindicato Condor as PP-CBA Sep 11, 1939. Next to Lufthansa Sucursal Peru as
OA-HHD Nov 29, 1940. Syndicato Condor then leased it to Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aereos
(SEDTA) Apr 25, 1941 where it was registered as HC-SAD. Confiscated by Peruvian Government
Air Force Sep 5, 1941. To USAAF 5/13/1942 as war prize.
Turned over to US Public Roads Administration in Costa Rica in Dec. 1943 as TI-60
42-52883 Junkers C-79
Ju 52/3m ge c/n J5283 originally D-AENF. On Apr 1, 1937 transferred to Lufthansa
Sudamerika for Andes service and named 'Aconcagua'. Transferred to Brazilian Airline
Sindicato Condor as PP-CBA Sep 11, 1939. Next to Lufthansa Sucursal Peru as
OA-HHD Nov 29, 1940. Syndicato Condor then leased it to Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aereos
(SEDTA) Apr 25, 1941 where it was registered as HC-SAD. Confiscated by Peruvian Government
Air Force Sep 5, 1941. To USAAF 5/13/1942 as war prize.
Turned over to US Public Roads Administration in Costa Rica in Dec. 1943 as TI-60
Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:44 pm
Thank you Dan