Douglas Aircraft Company (1921-1997)
Organization
Biography
Existence: 22 Jul 1921-28 Apr 1967 as an independent company.
Existence: 28 Apr 1967-31 Jul 1997 as a division of McDonnell Douglas Corp.
On 1 Aug 1997, merged with Boeing Commercial Airplane Co.
Variants: Douglas Aircraft Co. // McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Douglas Aircraft Company
Successor: McDonnell Douglas Corporation [LCCN n 81039757]
Moody’s ind. manual, 1968, p. 2661 (McDonnell Douglas Corporation > incorporated in 1939 as McDonnell Aircraft Corp., name changed to McDonnell Co. in 1966, merged with Douglas Aircraft Co. in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas Corporation; [McDonnell Co. & Douglas Aircraft Co. became divisions of the new corp.; McDonnell Co. seems to have changed its name to McDonnell Aircraft Company]