Ex A-702, Crashed 2018, August 4

Operated by the Bayer pharmaceutical company from November 1937, both as an executive aircraft and as a 'flying pharmacy' for urgent supplies. This was its first foreign trip. Outfitted in Hamburg in early 1938 with four reclining seats and cargo hold for 1800 kg or six more seats. Maintained by Lufthansa, flown by Bayer crew under Paul Schlafke who is talking to the Dutch press here. Commandeered by the Luftwaffe as an ambulance aircraft on 1 September 1939. Shot down by a P-40 on 24 June 1942 on a flight from North Africa. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

The fate of the C-352L is unknown. It was wfu around 1971 and temporarily stored at Getafe around that time. The year in which this photo was taken needs confirmation.

The prototype of the Junkers Ju 52 single-engined cargo plane, first flown on 11 September 1931. It is probably seen here the next summer when it visited Budapest on a demonstration tour. Six single-engined Ju 52s were built, followed by thousands with three engines. Photo from: Fortepan

South African Airways was formed in 1934, coming under South African Railways & Harbours (SAR&H) administration. The title in Afrikaans reads 'S.A. Lugdiens (S.A.S. en H.)' on the port side of the nose. The aircraft name is below the titles. The construction number is according to German sources. Photo from: DRISA

T.2B-272 of the Spanish Air Force was acquired by the RAF Museum in Jun 1977 and was flown from Madrid to Cazeaux (France) on 17 May 1978, and on to Biggin Hill the next day. It is seen here shortly after arrival. At the time it only carried the serial T2B-272 on the rear fuselage and rudder, no other markings. Two days later it moved on to the Cosford Aerospace Museum, where it was later painted in British Airways colours, falsely marked as G-AFAP. The real G-AFAP was Ju 52 c/n 5881, seized by the Germans at Oslo in April 1940.

Ex Spanish Air Force T2B-176.

Flying Legends

I found this photo with the photos in the batch with PH-UBA, PH-UBB and PH-UBC. The aircraft is likely one of the 3, but I'm unable to read the name or any other inscriptions on the fuselage underneath the cockpit. If I'm correct that the aircraft name is the 2 words in the location mentioned previously, then it can only be the PH-UBB, as that's the only one out of the 3 aircraft with a 2-word name. Location unknown to me as well. If you have more information, I'd love to hear!

The entire Junkers fleet of the Rijksluchtvaartschool in one photo. PH-UBA was built in 1936 and served the Luftwaffe in WWII. On Oct 16, 1945 it was serialled VM985 of the RAF Enemy Aircraft Storage & Servicing Unit at Fuhlsbuttel, Germany. Early Apr 1946 it was transferred to the RAF 131 (P) squadron at Ahlhorn, Germany and days later prepared for delivery to the Netherlands. Registered PH-UBA on Jun 21, 1946. Cancelled on Oct 1, 1949 and the aircraft was sold two monts later. In 1950 it was sold to Avio-Diepen as a testbed for BMW aircraft engines and later scrapped. The other two aircraft are PH-UBB and PH-UBC.

Built in 1943 and served the Luftwaffe in WWII. Ferried from Norway to Fuhlsbuttel and coded VN743 of the R.A.F. Enemy Aircraft Storage & Servicing Unit at Fuhlsbuttel, Germany. To the RAF 8402 ADW (Air Disarmament Wing) on March 20, 1946 and prepared for delivery to the Netherlands a day later. Registered to the Rijksluchtvaartschool on October 14, 1946. In December 1949 the aircraft was sold for scrapping,.

Built in 1943 and served the Luftwaffe in WWII as 3K-LN. Coded VM927 of the RAF Enemy Aircraft Storage & Servicing Unit at Fuhlsbuttel, Germany in October 1945. 3 weeks later, the aircraft was ferried from Norway to Fuhlsbuttel. Transferred to the RAF 131(P) Sqn at Ahlhorn (Germany) on March 2, 1946. Prepared for delivery to the Netherlands 2 days later. On July 13, 1946 it was registered to the Rijksluchtvaartschool as PH-UBB. The registration was cancelled on September 30, 1949 and the aircraft was sold for scrapping in December 1949.

One CASA 352, a licence built Ju-52, frames another, the front aircraft is G-BECL / N9-AA.