Must have been jumped from - but what is it?

[Rover 11]

What kind of aircraft is this?

2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

[wmw999 2,447]

Looks like a DC-3 or C47 to me, but I'm no expert. But if so, well, they've been jumped a few times, yeah

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[riggerrob 643]

Showa L2D3, a licensed version of DC-3 built in Japan.
Less than 800 were built in Japan during World War.
Extra cockpit windows distinguish it from American DC-3s.
This example was captured by Americans and repainted with American insignia.

Don't know if it was jumped byJapanese paratroopers as most of the histories refer to paratroopers jumping from Japanese-designed bombers and transports.

Russians also built DC-3s under license from Douglas during World War 2.

[Hajo 0]

Maybe some more Info ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showa/Nakajima_L2D

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With sufficient thrust,
pigs just fly well

[jumpsracer 6]

It's a Tabby. Japanese copy of the C-47.

[377 22]

You guys are GOOD. I initially thought Soviet DC 3 copy Li 2, but the cockpit side windows were not quite right.

377

2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.