The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju ("Aunt Ju") and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers.

Apr 6, 2002 · Those fitted with floats were designated Ju 52/3mW. These float equipped transports were very useful in ferrying troops and supplies to Norway during the German invvasion. The successes in Norway led to the Fokker factory being ordered to build sets of floats from 1940 to mid 1942.

Jun 29, 2013 · Design and interior struture of floats for the Junkers Ju 52/3m transport, as featured in Das Flugzeug - Dritte Auflage [The Aircraft - Third Edition], edited by Theo E. Sönnichsen, published by Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., Berlin, Germany, 1942. Top image shows struts [Schwimmergestell], floats [Schwimmer], and bracing wires [Verspannungskabel].

The Ju 52/3m is a three-engine development of the single-engine Junkers Ju 52/1m of which only six were built. It could by equipped with floats or skis instead of the wheel landing gear. The Ju 52/3m was produced after World War II in France by Amiot as the AAC.1 Toucan (ca. 415 aircraft) and in Spain by CASA as the CASA 352 (ca. 170 aircraft).

May 6, 2005 · It served as a mail carrier in China, and, fitted with floats, hauled lumber in remote places in Canada. Its most commom work, however, was done with the German Lufthansa.

Luftwaffe Ju 52/3ms prepare for a supply dropping sortie in support of the Afrika Korps. Float-equipped Ju 52/3ms were active in Norway and the Mediterranean. Access to the aircraft was gained via a ladder.

With the selected moderate wing loading, the Ju 52 had excellent and secure flight characteristics. The wagon-like box-hull with its large side walls demonstrated the aircraft as a railcar in the air, while the double wing allowed a low landing speed for tight and bumpy places.

In the late 30's when the Luftwaffe had enough modern bombers, the Ju-52s were assigned transport duties. The first Luftwaffe transport group was established in 1937 and when WW II started the Luftwaffe had 552 Ju-52/3ms in four groups. The Ju-52 served over all fronts in large and growing amounts.

This plane may be equipped with floats for sea operations or skis for winter flying. The engines consist of three B.M.W. 132 A or T air-cooled 9-cylinder radials, each developing 660 hp at sea level.