During a recent aviation visit to the MAKS airshow in Moscow, I picked up a few brochures on the various trade stands.
I have only just got around to browsing through them – and the attached scan caught my eye……
It is in a glossy brochure from the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant – makers of the Mil Mi-8 helicopter and Su-25 Frogfoot.
Amongst the many pics of Mi-8’s is this one showing a Mi-8 about to lift the fuselage of what is obviously a Junker Ju-52/3M…..
Does anyone out there have any more details of this??
Is it in Russia ?? Is it being restored ?? Do you already know about it ??
Intrigued…………….
Ken
By: Flanker_man - 29th August 2005 at 17:25
Thanks Ben,
I wasn’t sure if was an exciting new discovery – but I knew you guys would have the full SP……..
Cheers
Ken
By: MK959 - 29th August 2005 at 17:20
Soviet Ju 52
Ken,
The Ju 52 was recovered in 2003. From memory, it served with the Luftwaffe during WWII, was captured and later saw service with the Soviet Air Force post-war. Its WkNr is not known AFAIK. It’s currently in storage in Novosibirsk – from what I read in CW, it will be rebuild to fly using ASh-62IR engines. You can view some photos here and here.
Ben
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August 29, 2005 at 5:08 pm