Showa Aircraft Industry | |
Native Name: | 昭和飛行機工業株式会社 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Romanized Name: | Shōwa Hikōki Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha |
Type: | KK |
Industry: | Aircraft manufacturing |
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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]