Li-2 | |
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General information | |
Type | Cargo/passenger utility aircraft and light bomber |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | GAZ |
Status | Out of production; in limited service |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force |
Number built | 6,157[1][2] (per later research 4,937)[3] |
History | |
Manufactured | 1939–1952 |
Introduction date | 1939 |
Developed from | Douglas DC-3 |
The Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab), originally designated PS-84, was a license-built Soviet-version of the Douglas DC-3. It was produced by Factory #84 in Moscow-Khimki and, after the factory's evacuation in 1941, at the Tashkent Aviation Production Association in Tashkent. The project was directed by aeronautical engineer Boris Pavlovich Lisunov.