Man kunne nok bruke ganske mange ord for å fortelle om Luftwaffe`s arbeidshest Junker 52 som tjenestegjorde under alle fronter under den andre verdenskrig. Blant de mer kjente operasjoner JU 52 deltok i er vel kanskje Genral Students angrep på Kreta og Gørings hjelp iform transportering av forsyninger til den innelåste 6. arme i Stalingrad. Også under invasjonen av Norge deltok relativt mange JU 52, blant noen av oppdragene var angrepene på Fornebu flyplass utenfor Oslo og kampene rundt Narvik.. Det finnes fortsatt mange gjenværende fly av denne typen rundt om i verden, og blant disse befinner to av disse seg i dag inne i Hommelvika i Trondheimsfjorden. Tyskerne hadde flybaser på Værnes, Trondheim og Hommelvik av strategiske grunner, og under krigen antas det at nærmere 40 fly gikk tapt i Trondheimsfjorden. Restene av en av disse JU 52 flyene er i relativt god stand, og dette flyet kan man fortsatt se alle motorer intakt, instrumentering og også av tyskernes beryktede hakekors. Flyet ligger på tretti meters dyp og stedet er lett tilgjengelig med bil og kan sterkt anbefales som et alternativ til klassisk vrakdykking...

You could probably use quite a lot of words to tell the story about Luftwaffes workhorse Junker 52 which served on all fronts during second world war. Among the most known operations JU 52 took part in are probably General Students attack on Kreta and Gørings help to Stalingrad in use of transporting supplies to the surrounded 6th Army at Stalingrad. Also during the invasion of Norway,  quite many JU 52`s took part in the operation, among some of the missions were the assaults on Fornebu airport outside Oslo and in the battles around Narvik. There are still many planes of this type remaining around the world today, and among these two of them can be found inside Hommelvika in the Trondheimsfjorden. The Germans had airplane bases at Værnes, Trondheim and Hommelvika for strategic purposes, and during the war its believed that approximately 40 planes were lost in the Trondheimsfjorden. The remains of one of these planes ise in quite a good condition, and on it you still can see all the engines intact, instruments and also the infamous German swastika. The airplane lies on a depth of thirty meters and the site is easily accessed by car and can be highly recommended as an alternative to classic wreck diving...

 

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Type: Medium Transport
Origin: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG
Models: V1 to V8, A, B, and R series
First Flight:
Ju 52: October 13, 1930
Ju 52/3m: May 1932
Ju 52/3m g3e bomber: October 1934
Service Delivery: N/A
Final Delivery:
French AAC.1: August 1947
Spainish CASA 352-L: 1952
Production: Nearly 5,000
NOTE: 400 built by France as the AAC.1 Toucan for Air France and
the airforce after WWII. 170 built by CASA of Spain as the CASA
352 for the Spanish Air Force.

Engine:
Model: BMW 132A-3
Type: 9-Cylinder air-cooled radial
Number: 3 Horsepower: 830 hp

Dimensions:
Wing span: 29.25m (95 ft. 11½ in.)
Wing Surface Area: 1,189.45 sq. ft. (110.50m²)
Length: 18.9m (62 ft.)
Height: 4.5m (14 ft. 9 in.)

Weights:
Empty: 5600kg (12,346 lb.)
Loaded: 11,030kg (24,317 lb.)

Performance:
Maximum Speed: 190 mph (305km/h)
Range (Fully Loaded): 1300km (808 miles)
Initial Climb: 210m/min (689 ft./min.)
Endurance: N/A
Service Ceiling: 5500m (18,045 ft.)

Armament:
Usually none but in combat zones it was usual to mount one
13mm MG 131 manually aimed from open dorsal cockpit.
Two 7.92mm MG 15's manually aimed from beam windows.

Edited 07.07.2007