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Li-2 | |
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Li-2 HA-LIX landing at Hahnweide airfield, Germany in 2011, in original MALÉV livery since August 2008 | |
Role | Cargo/passenger utility aircraft and light bomber |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | GAZ |
Introduction | 1939 |
Status | Out of production; 1 in service |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force Aeroflot |
Produced | 1939–1952 |
Number built | 6,157[1][2] (per later research 4,937)[3] |
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.