page_title: Mitsubishi Ki-57
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Mitsubishi Ki-57 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 中華航空 「白鶴号」 MC-20-II of the China Airlines (中華航空股份有限公司), which was in service during the Sino-Japanese war. Unrelated to the current 'China Airlines' (中華航空公司) of the republic of China.
context_page_description: The Mitsubishi Ki-57 was a Japanese passenger transport aircraft, developed from the Ki-21 bomber, during the early 1940s.
context_section_description: Ki-57-I Army Type 100 Transport Model 1: Powered by two 708 kW (949 hp) Nakajima Ha5 KAI radial engines and a redesigned fuselage to accommodate 11 passengers. About 100 aircraft of this type were built including the civil version.
  MC-20-I: Same as above but built for civil use with Imperial Japanese Airways (Dai Nippon Koku KK).
  Ki-57-II Army Type 100 Transport Model 2:Powered by two 805 kW (1,080 hp) Mitsubishi Ha-102 Zuisei 14-cylinder radial engines installed in redesigned nacelles. Minor equipment and detail refinements were also incorporated. 306 aircraft of this type were produced before the end of production in January 1945.
  MC-20-II: Same as above but built for civil use with Imperial Japanese Airways (Dai Nippon Koku KK).
  L4M1: A small number of Ki-57-Is were transferred for test by the Japanese navy as transports and were redesignated L4M1.
caption: MC-20-II with a nickname Hakutsuru (white crane) during the Sino-Japanese war
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