CASA 325L (Ju-52) (Torrejon de Ardoz)

Spain / Madrid / Torrejyn de Ardoz / Torrejon de Ardoz
 historical layer / disappeared object, aircraft on display
license-built version of Junkers Ju 52 at Torrejon airbase.
Spain Air Force
T.2B-246 / 792-20
C/N 137
On restoration, from 2014 in Getafe
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   40°28'53"N   3°26'3"W

Comments

  • I was with a High School ROTC Unit at Torrejon AB called the Spain 71st AFJROTC back in the 70's. The Spanish Air Force gave this JU-52 as a gift to our unit back in 1975. I do recall we also got the manuals for this aircraft and it was all in German. SO,...I'm thinking this was a German built JU-52 vs. a license built type. As of now, "our" JU-52 is no longer at Torrejon AB and where it went,........no information. It was a fully intact aircraft minus the batteries. Steve Emerson - Spain 71st AFJROTC - Unit Commander 1979.
  • Steve, former knight myself Class of 85. I believe the Ju-52 pictured above is the bird from THS. I used to visit Torrejon AB on Google Earth quite often. The moved the Ju-52 to the corner of a field near the NCO club on TJ where it sat for years with several other planes and that yellow pickup seen under the wing of the Ju-52 in the second pic above. Coordinates listed show it on TJ AB at the time of the images. It says the plane is in Getafe being restored as of 2014.
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