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Country:  | The Ju-52 was very effective early war, Poland, France, Crete, North Africa. The C-47 was better though.
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05-15-2004, 01:00 AM
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| North Africa was also the beginning of the end for the Ju-52. P-38s patroling the supply lines made a turkey shoot out of them and B-25 pilots even managed to shoot some down.
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05-15-2004, 01:35 AM
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Country: | The P-38 in 1943 yes, but the British were there from 1941. The N. African campaign was the last for the Ju-52 on a huge scale though.
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05-15-2004, 10:46 AM
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Country: | it was very efective at dropping paratroopers as well.............
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05-15-2004, 12:48 PM
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| But again, it only had the chance to do that early in the war when Germany was still on the offensive.
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Country:  | WEll the Ju-52 a great trimoter was just a great thing. The 52 still served well to the end of the war. Were did you read about the B-25 kills of Ju-52s?
The Russians armed transports, Li-2 were even a little better then the C-47s. They looked a little more rugged. The japs coppied downed Goonie Birds. It was also the first AirForce One. Or was that the C-54? I should check my notes. Any pictures of the C-47 on floats? Now we are talking 
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| I have one, but unfourtunately, I don't have a scanner. All i can say is that it looks ultra-class! | |
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| Impressive pic. According to the book Airwar, by Edward Jablonksi, on April 11, 1943 a group of B-25s escorted by P-38s was flying a shipping sweep over the Med. when they came across of group of Ju-52s. Both the Mitchells and Lightnings joined in the fun and shot down 21 of the Junkers. There is a pretty cool pic in the book, if I had a scanner I'd post it.
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| Those couldn't have done much for performance or handling.
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