Japanese C-47's
The Nakajima L2D2 [Allied code name "Tabby"] was licence built at $90,000 cost from the Douglas Co., along with two unassembled DC-3's. Quite a bargain. Mitsui was buying them on instruction from the Japanese Navy. A total of some 487 in various versions were built, some using partial wooden construction. A cargo loading door was installed on the port side. "Remodelling" precisely coincided with what Douglas was doing with the C-47. Some were captured by US Forces at war's end, ending a recognition nightmare.