Showa/Nakajima L2D

L2D
Shōwa L2D3
Role Airliner and transport aircraft
Manufacturer Nakajima and Showa Aircraft
First flight October 1939
Introduction 1939
Produced 1940–1945
Number built 487 [1]
71× L2D2 by Nakajima
all others by Shōwa
Developed from Douglas DC-3
A captured Shōwa L2D3 or L2D3-L in US markings, Mindanao, Philippines, May 1945

The Shōwa L2D and Nakajima L2D, given the designations Shōwa Navy Type 0 Transport and Nakajima Navy Type 0 Transport(零式輸送機), were license-built versions of the Douglas DC-3. The L2D series, numerically, was the most important Japanese transport in World War II. The L2D was given the Allied code name Tabby.

  1. ^ Gradidge 2006, p. 20.