Showa/Nakajima L2D

< Showa
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
71× L2D2 by Nakajima
all others by Shōwa
Developed from Douglas DC-3

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.

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