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Douglas Aircraft Company

1921 to 1967

46 Years in business
Founded
22 July 1921
Founder
Donald Douglas
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California, and Long Beach, California, U.S.
Parent company
Not recorded
Employees
Not recorded
Products
Not recorded
Closed
28 April 1967

About the manufacturer

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace and defense company that was based in Southern California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas, where it operated as a division.

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