Douglas Aircraft Company

Douglas Aircraft Company
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, Long Beach, California, U.S.
Key people	Bill Bridgeman; LaVerne Ward Browne; Carl Cover; Ed Heinemann; Ted R. Smith;

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace and defense company based in Southern California. Founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr., it merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas, where it operated as a division. McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in 1997.

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