Osprey Combat Aircraft №120. Robert Forsyth. Ju 52/3m Bomber and Transport Units 1936-41

Illustrator: Jim Laurier. — Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 96 p.The all-metal Junkers Ju 52/3m enjoyed a solid - indeed, revered - reputation amongst its crews and the troops and paratroopers who used and depended on it. For more than ten years, it saw service as a successful military transport, with its distinctive, three-engined design and corrugated metal construction becoming instantly recognisable. It was a mainstay in the Luftwaffe's inventory, first seeing service in the 1930s in bombing and transport operations in the Spanish Civil War, and subsequently during the German invasion of Poland. It then served on every front on which the Luftwaffe was deployed until May 1945.War and Peace Spanish Skies 'Whether men, fuel, bombs or bread' Attack in the North Attack in the West Powder Keg Appendices