RAF Junkers Ju52 at Flensburg 1945

[Graham Boak]

War Prizes, by Phil Butler, from Midland Counties Publications, gives a fuller account. It flew the last DLH scheduled airline flight, from Malmo to Copenhagen and Flensburg, on the 3rd may. It therefore does seem likely to have been in civilian fit. I suggest that the Werke Nummer simply is an indication of wartime build. There may be more on this aspect in other works dedicated to the Ju.52 or DLH. War Prizes include a list of some 15 flights in British hands, the last being 23rd August when it went to farnborough for the German Aircraft Exhibition. It was noted at Farnborough 26th Jnuary 1946, before it was transported to the Miles factory at Woodley. The remains were donated to the Reading Sky Observers, a predecessor of Air Britain, for use as a clubhouse. It is presumed to have been scrapped after the closure of Miles Aircraft in 1947/48.

War Prizes also gives the history of each Ju.52 that did receive an RAF serial, with their varied histories often being very limited indeed. The book of course deals with much, much more.