Identify Aircraft (Wibault 282-T)

[Tomg44]

I came across this photo on the Times On Line website. The caption says it's a Ju52. It doesn't look like the classic "garden shed with wings", military version. Can anyone provide information?

[peeved]

It's a Wibault; I'd say either a 282T with 283T tail or a 283T with middle engine cowling and main wheel spats removed. Probably the former.
Markus

[kriegsmarine221]

agreed. its obviously a wibault 280. it couldntve been a ju-52 judging by the vertical stabilizer shape and the cockpit frame. heres another pic of it.

[Cantankerous]

agreed. its obviously a wibault 280. it couldntve been a ju-52 judging by the vertical stabilizer shape and the cockpit frame. heres another pic of it.

The prototype Wilbault 280-T was redesignated 281-T after being re-engined with three Gnome-Rhône 7Kd engines, and it was eventually converted to a Wibault 282-T after its Gnome-Rhône 7Kd engines were fitted with cowlings around the wing-mounted engines.

[von thoma]

The weird airplane in the background, a British Handley Page H.P. 42 Airliner ( G-AAXD named 'Horatius' ) from Imperial Airways, London.
It looked like a dangerous plane, by the end of 1940, all of the aircraft of this type were destroyed as a result of various accidents.

[reedwh52]

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The weird airplane in the background, a British Handley Page H.P. 42 Airliner ( G-AAXD named 'Horatius' ) from Imperial Airways, London.
It looked like a dangerous plane, by the end of 1940, all of the aircraft of this type were destroyed as a result of various accidents."

The HP-42 was not a dangerous airplane.

Entering service in 1931, Eight were built; 4 were destroyed on the ground by storms (3) or by hangar fire (1);
One was removed from service after a hard landing; two were destroyed after forced landing in RAF Service;

One disappeared in 1940 with 8 lives lost. The 8 aircraft flew 10 million miles without a fatality in civil operations 1931-1939/40.