FD Aircraft 20

[eswube]

I'm not going to bet my money on it, but I have a feeling that it's depicted "flying", so with propeller turning (blades look blurry).
You remember to also make it more "horizontal" (nose lower, tail higher)?
(and it's not "my" drawing - I've only googled it )

[Sheepster]

Junkers Ju 52/3m in Ecuador

Before WWII Ecuador's largest transport aircraft were Ju 52's.



As a part of the Deutsche Lufthansa network of South American airlines Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aereos, SEDTA, was formed in 1937 in Ecuador, using a Ju 34 on floats and 2 Ju 53/3m's. The first aircraft arrived in 1938, but operating from the high altitudes of Quito a Ju 52 was soon lost in a flight into terrain. Growing successfully the company leased another 2 Ju 52's from Condor Syndicate in Brazil, the largest of the German-backed airlines in South America.
However the war of 1941 was the downfall of the airline, with 1 aircraft being captured by advancing Peruvian troops. When a US brokered peace treaty was finally signed after Pearl Harbour, things turned even worse for the airline. With US influence purging German influence from South America the airline's German senior and technical staff were expelled, with some being interred in the US. Worse still as the US was making claims of Nazi bases in Columbia, SEDTA was alleged to be planning to bomb the Panama Canal with the Ju 52's. Both were paranoid fantasies and the US had to back-pedal and apologise to Columbia, but SEDTA was now doomed as a company. One of their aircraft was seized by the US as a war prize, and their remaining Ju 52's were confiscated for the Ecuadorian military.

[darthpanda]

China - Junkers Ju 53/3m

[reytuerto]

Good morning, DP. I am surprised! Do you know why Gral. Chiang's Junkers had the swastika? Thanks and cheers.

[darthpanda]

Good morning, DP. I am surprised! Do you know why Gral. Chiang's Junkers had the swastika? Thanks and cheers.

Yes, that happen during the delivery flight, the aircraft was pressed in to the Chinese Air Force service during the Xi'an Incident.
The aircraft was used as rescue aircraft for Generalissimo Chiang during the incident, Chinese military only added the national marking under the wing and leave the Germany Lufthansa marking on until the aircraft return to Nanking.

[darthpanda]

Various Users - Junkers A20

[Sheepster]

Junkers C-79

The sole Junkers Ju52/3m in US service as the C-79.



With the end of the Ecuador-Peruvian War of 1941, Ecuador was subject to US scrutiny for it's ties to Germany. German citizens were expelled and interned in the US, and action was taken against the German-backed national airline, SEDTA. Using claims of plans to bomb the Panama Canal with the airline's Ju 52 airliners the airline was effectively shut-down. One of the airline's aircraft was confiscated by the US as a war prize, and sent to Panama and allocated to the 6th Air Force. The aircraft was re-engined and re-cowled with DC-2 powerplants and became the sole C-79.
The aircraft's service history is uncertain, but is rumoured to have been used as an anti-submarine bomber in the Caribbean, with national insignia removed the distinctively shaped aircraft attacking surfaced U-boats.

[darthpanda]

Germany - Junkers W33


Various Users - Junkers W33

[Stefan Evans]

Junkers Ju-88C-4

[darthpanda]

Germany / USSR - Fokker D.XIII


China - Stinson L-5 Sentinel