Showa Aircraft Industry
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Native name | 昭和飛行機工業株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Shōwa Hikōki Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha |
Company type | KK |
TYO: 7404 | |
Industry | Aircraft manufacturing |
Founded | June 5, 1937 |
Website | www |
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Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. (昭和飛行機工業株式会社, Shōwa Hikōki Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company. Its headquarters are at Akishima-shi, Tokyo Prefecture, a region of Tokyo Metropolis. It was established in 1937 as a manufacturer of military aircraft in Akishima-shi. In World War II it was one of two companies manufacturing the Showa/Nakajima L2D, a license-built Douglas DC-3 variant. It also manufactured other military aircraft.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Homepage Shōwa Hikōki Kōgyō K. K.[permanent dead link] (in japanese & english), checked at 2014, 8. 2.