What is Douglas Aircraft Company?
{{Infobox company |name = Douglas Aircraft Company |fate = Merged with [[McDonnell Aircraft|McDonnell Aircraft Corporation]] |industry = [[Aerospace]] |key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[Bill Bridgeman]]|[[John Trent (actor)|LaVerne Ward Browne]]|[[Carl Cover]]|[[Ed Heinemann]]|[[Ted R. Smith]]}} |products = |foundation = {{Start date and age|1921|7|22}} |founder = [[Donald Wills Douglas Sr.|Donald Douglas]] |defunct = {{Start date and age|1967|4|28}} |location = [[Santa Monica, California]], [[Long Beach, California]], U.S. |successor = [[McDonnell Douglas]] }} The '''Douglas Aircraft Company''' was an American company based in [[Southern California]]. The company made [[aircraft]] and [[Military|defense]] items. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. and was later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form [[McDonnell Douglas]]. In 1997, McDonnell Douglas merged with [[Boeing]]. {{Authority control}} [[Category:Defunct companies of the United States]] {{US-stub}}