Red cross and Ju-52

[Parabellum]

Hi,
I wonder if...
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...%2052I3m-9.jpg
... such a Ju-52 with red crosses and no balkan crosses could have had a 3rd reich's svastika emblem painted on the moving part of the tail fin?
Any idea?
Cheers,

[Ruy Horta]

Just compare with this He 59

[obdl3945]

This Ju52 has a small eagle emblem on leading edge of fin. He59 ambulances were also seen with this eagle (although not visible in this photo) and the swastika displayed as seen here - 'square' on, with its 'arms' extending to the border of the white circle, rather than at the 'angled' position on other military aircraft. This combination of eagle emblem and 'squared' swastika was the Reichsdiestflagge, and has also been noted on air sea resuce Do24s. It may well have been applied like this to the Ju52 in the photo.

[Parabellum]

Ok guys,
Thank you four informations!
@ obdl3945 : any idea of the place where I could get visual confirmation of what you have said about the "Reichdienstflagge" with Ju52?
Cheers,

[obdl3945]

Parabellum...

I'm having great difficulty attaching items from my pc here, so I will give you the link instead: www.wp.scn.ru

When you get through there, select Transport/Airliners from the World War II category, then scroll down the list on the left hand side of your screen and select Junkers Ju52. On the following screen, select Germany (Nazi) 40 from the nationality categories in the middle of your screen (you may have to scroll down slightly to see these) and then you will get a list on the right hand side of the screen showing the content of eage page. On page one, I think, there's a Ju52 with Reichsluftdienst marked next to it. Select that one and use your best French to translate the caption... I can help with that too, if need be. There's also a very good representation of the Reichsdienstflagge there too, but you'll need to click on the aircraft colour plate and flag separately to see them properly.

Hals und Beinbruch...

[Parabellum]

@ obdl3945 : Target hit! Tks!
Then, just need a pic of such markings on Ju 52 tails, to be fully convinced... hope I'll find it!

[Ruy Horta]

My apologies, but I have been upgrading, running test and changing a number of parameters today.

Problem has been solved.
All because of a missing slash (/).

Here's the image as part of another test (uploading from an URL).

[Parabellum]

Nice profile, Ruy! Tks for help!
Have you ever seen a photo-evidence of this type of paint-markings?
Cheers,

[obdl3945]

Parabellum...

No problem... glad it worked... . Don't know if you've noticed it yet, but the aircraft in the photo, then the colour profile, and now Roy's thumbnail picture, all have sequential codes... D-TABW, X and Y. Perhaps they were part of a block of machines coming off the production line.

[Parabellum]

@ obdl3945
W, X, Y... interesting indeed!
But only one photo of W..., still looking after other ones!
Cheers,