eBay: Lissunow Li-2

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1. Foto Luftwaffe Flugzeug SOWJET LISSUNOW Li-2 CA 6X9CM BRUCH CRASH | eBay
2. Foto Luftwaffe Flugzeug SOWJET LISSUNOW Li-2 CA 6X9CM BRUCH CRASH | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

manuals Li-2

 

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Turret

 

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Fotografie: Nachschublieferung per Flugzeug, 1. Baltische Front, November 1944

Fotografie: Nachschublieferung per Flugzeug, 1. Baltische Front, November 1944 :: Museum Berlin-Karlshorst :: Ressource :: museum-digital:berlin

Medienseite für Objekt: Fotografie: Nachschublieferung per Flugzeug, 1. Baltische Front, November 1944

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[Wurger]

Actually not Li-2 but a Lend-Lease C-47.

 

[Snautzer01]

Didnt know the soviets put turrets on c-47.

 

[Wurger]

That's true that the top turred was something rare on the C47. But some of them got them as the PS-84/Li-2.

the source: C-47 in Soviet service

Additionally there are the differences between the DC-3/C-47 and the PS-84/Li-2. Omitting the engine types, the main differences were ...
the Lisunov kite had the cargo door open up while the USA plane had the door as the two-part one sideways open. This can be notice in your pic above. What is more, the PS-84/Li-2 kites didn't have the astro nav cupola at the fuselage top behind the pilot cockpit. The one in the pic has it. And the next difference .. the main landing gear rear struts. Both the DC-3/C-47 planes and the licenced russian passenger PS-84 had them of the cradle type with a single support at the rear. In the 1942 when the cargo PS-84 variant named Li-2 appeared, the soviets modified the rear support with the two struts there. The cradle single stick support can be noticed slightly above the starboard light of the truck. About the rectangular window glasses with the rings in I don't mention .

the source: Li-2 camo evolution

 

[Wurger]

PS. IMHO the Dakota posted by you above can be the same VVS C-47 no. 881 I attached from the Massimo's site.

Here the similar shots but of the Li-2 ...

the source: the net

 

[special ed]

Looks like they used the place for the nav dome to mount the RDF loop.

 

[Wurger]

Looks like they used the place for the nav dome to mount the RDF loop.

Actually they had never the Astro dome there. And yes, it was the the radio-compass antenna in the fairing there. Depending on the aicraft series it could be: RPK-2 (RPK-20), RPKO-2A, RPKO-2B (RPK-2M). After the war the Li-2 got the APK-5 as memo serves.

 

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crashed beute captured

C813 Foto Wehrmacht Russland Beute Flugzeug crash plane lend lease USA Bomber | eBay

Entdecken Sie C813 Foto Wehrmacht Russland Beute Flugzeug crash plane lend lease USA Bomber in der großen Auswahl bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

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crashed beute captured

Orig. Foto Flugzeug Douglas DC-3 mit MG Kuppel Russland Lissunow Li-2 Lizenz | eBay

100% original ca. 9x6 cm.

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Wurger]

 

[nuuumannn]

When I was in China I saw quite a few Li-2s, but also DC-3s/C-47s fitted with Russian engines, which was novel, but understandable owing to the lack of spares available in China.

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That's true that the top turred was something rare on the C47. But some of them got them as the PS-84/Li-2.

Kotelnikov wrote that only one C-47 was officially equipped with the UTK-1 turret with UBT at Aircraft Repair Base No. 400 in Vnukovo, while several others were converted "unofficially" - in particular, at least one in the 101st Long Range Regiment ("881" in the photo above) and some more in the 10th Guards Air Transport Division. The Li-2 was usually armed with 1 UBT + 3 ShKAS.