Ed West Finding Ju 52 with BMW 801 motors?

[PhilippeDM]

Hello you all,

I Ignored Ju 52 ever wore BMW 801 motors. Did you noticed this in Ed West pictures of 02/12? Is there more info about those planes?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting

BTW Thanks for your fantastic input Ed!

[edwest]

You're welcome Philippe. It's like hunting for buried treasure.



Ed

[ChrisMAg2]

Most probabely the engines are not BMW 801, but Bramo 323s, like the ones for Fw 200.

[Stanislav Hruby]

They are very similar to Savoia 79.

[Dan Gilberti]

Hi, do you have info about this one ?
http://www.histavia21.net/GallerieDivers/Juaac1-180.JPG
Best regards, Dan

[Eric Larger]

No I would say it is probably engine Gnome-Rhone 14N installed on Bloch MB 152 .

Eric

[Seaplanes]

The Ju 52 appears to be a Lufthansa aircraft and this could be one of the four ex. Italian aircraft chartered by RLM to Lufthansa. They were apparently equipped with Alfa Romeo 126 RC34 engines.
W.Nr. 4064 D-AIAO (ex. I-BIZI and MM60410) taken over by Lufthansa 21.09.43
W.Nr. 6710 D-ASPI (ex. I-BIOS) taken over by Lufthansa 21.09.43
W.Nr. 6765 D-AIAT (ex. I-BOAN and MM60413) taken over by Lufthansa 10.10.43
W.Nr. 6803 D-ASPE (ex. I-BERO) taken over by Lufthansa 21.09.43
Perhaps Günther Ott could verify this ?

[Eric Larger]

The aircraft with the french markings is an AAC1 Toucan , Ju52 build afterwar in France ...

Eric

[Primoz]

Originally Posted by Eric Larger

The aircraft with the french markings is an AAC1 Toucan , Ju52 build afterwar in France ...

Eric

Yes, but its central engine is different (and it has a 3-bladed prop) while the stbd engine looks like the usual BMW 132. Was this a/c used as a test bed?

BTW, the engines and props of that Lufthansa Ju certainly look Italian to me.

[Eric Larger]

No the central engine looks like Gnome-Rhone 14N installed for example on Bloch MB 152 fighters (France 1940) , it is probably a test bed aircraft .

The shape of the engine cowling are very similar .

Eric