Lisunov Li-2

Li-2
Li-2 HA-LIX landing at Hahnweide airfield, Germany in 2011, in original MALÉV livery since August 2008
General information
TypeCargo/passenger utility aircraft and light bomber
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerGAZ
StatusOut of production; in limited service
Primary usersSoviet Air Force
Number built6,157 (per later research 4,937)
History
Manufactured1939–1952
Introduction date1939
Developed fromDouglas 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.