Junkers Ju 52/3m – DNLs arbeidshest, 1933-1946

Author: Rob J.M. Mulder

Coming: 2020

Book Details

Author:

Rob J.M. Mulder

Pages:

300-400 pages, 200+ photographs, colour profiles

Format:

215 x 302mm (A4), hardback.

Language:

Norwegian

Publisher:

European Airlines Rob Mulder

ISBN:

978-82-93450-01-6

Price:

Kr. 495 (+postage)

About The Author

Rob J M Mulder

Rob J M Mulder

The aviation historian Rob J. M. Mulder (1958) has written and published numerous books about Norwegian and international aviation history. Three of his books ("Junkers for Scandinavia", "Fornebu Lufthavn - en lufthavn blir til" and "The Beginnings of Norway's Airlines, Part 1: 1918-1922") have been awarded "Best Norwegian Aviation Book of the Year", and he has also been awarded the title "Aviation Enthusiast 2013". He runs several websites and has written many articles for Norwegian and international aviation magazines.

He is also co-author with Günter Endres and Lennart Andersson of the series about Junkers-aircraft published via EAM Books.

Coming: 2020

A book many look forward to. The complete history of the most important pre-war airline: Det Norske Luftfartselskap, Fred. Olsen & Bergenske AS (Norwegian Air Lines) and its working horse, the Junkers Ju 52/3m. The company was formed in 1933 and two years later it received a general concession for all domestic and international air services in Norway. The first Junkers Ju 52/3m arrived in June 1935 and inaugurated the air service Oslo – Moss – Arendal – Kristiansand – Stavanger – Haugesund – Bergen. Later it also operated the coastal route from Bergen to Tromsø and from Oslo to Gothenburg and Copenhagen. During the winter of 1937-38 a Ju 52/3m was chartered to AB Aerotransport and served the Stockholm – Turku – Helsinki service. DNL managed to establish itself as the national airline for Norway.

During the Second World War the aircraft were confiscated by the Luftwaffe and handed over to the Deutsche Lufthansa for use on the Trondheim – Kirkenes service. This book tells about the early years and ends with a dramatic end in 1946, when it had lost its concession to the partially State-owned Det Norske Luftfartselkap A/S, which later became a part of Scandinavia Airlines System – SAS.

Note: Norwegian text

The first 100 customers that order and pay for the book will get an exclusive suitcase strap in the colours of “Det Norske Luftfartselskap, Fred. Olsen & Bergenske A.S”. Applies only for individual orders and not for orders from (museum) shops.