"What happened to the German equipment after the war?" Topic

About 12 years ago I was working half way up a mountain in Switzerland..I heard a low rumble of an old aero engine,I looked down and saw the source:
A Swiss-air Ju52 on an internal flight.
Suddenly I was transported to the opening reel of "Where Eagles Dare"
Fabulous.
Not sure if they are still flying them.

I know that they went out of service with the Swiss AF in the 80's. I don't know about civilian service. Robert

See link – surviving Ju-52's.

2 are operated out of Switzerland on charter.

Apaprently even BEA had 10-11 for use inside the UK 46-47 – ex war reparations. They called them "Jupiter" class, and they served the Scottish islands – 2 had originally been allocated to "Scottish Airways – 1 of which crashed just before transfer to BEA, the other was used for parts.

Not quite post war – but I seem to remember somewher that a Fw-200 Condor served with the Brits, and was on standby to evacuate teh Royal Family in 1940 – it had been a Danish airliner, and was in the UK when Denmark surrendered so was impounded.

It was the longest range a/c in the British Isles at the time (IIRC) – the only 1 capable of making an unrefueled Atlantic crossing or something like that.

Page 46.
"After the war some Tiger II tanks served with the French army until being expanded as targets."

Tnaks
World War II Special
The Axis Powers: germany, Italy and Japan
By Eric Grove
1975 Orbis publishing Limited London
Printed in USA