Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft logo (1962–1967) | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 22, 1921 |
| Founder | Donald Douglas |
| Defunct | April 28, 1967 |
| Fate | Merged with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation |
| Successor | McDonnell Douglas |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, and Long Beach, California, U.S. |
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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.