Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company
The Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company was an aircraft company in Manchukuo in the 1930s and 1940s, producing a variety of mostly military aircraft and aircraft components. It was named Manshū or Mansyuu in short.
History
The Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company was established in late 1938 under the supervision of the Japanese government as a subsidiary of the Nakajima Aircraft Company of Japan. Its main plant was located in Harbin, Manchukuo.From 1941 to 1945, Manshū produced a total of 2,196 airframes, of which 798 were combat aircraft. The company also produced 2,168 aircraft engines. In addition, Manshū provided repair services for a variety of aircraft in the Manchukuo Air Force and for Japanese Army Air Force units stationed in Manchukuo.
Licensed production
Manshū produced a variety of Japanese aircraft under license production agreements:- Kawasaki Ki-10 fighter
- Kawasaki Ki-32 light bomber
- Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu twin-engined fighter
- Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter
- Kawasaki Type 88 light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft
- Mitsubishi Ki-15 reconnaissance aircraft
- Mitsubishi Ki-30 light bomber
- Mitsubishi Ki-46 reconnaissance aircraft
- Manshū Super Universal
- Nakajima Ki-27 light fighter
- Nakajima Ki-34 transport
- Nakajima Ki-43Ia Hayabusa fighter
- Nakajima Ki-44Ia Shoki fighter
- Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate advanced fighter
- Nakajima Ki-116 advanced fighter, also known as Manshū Ki-116
- Nakajima Type 91 fighter
- Tachikawa Ki-9 intermediate trainer
- Tachikawa Ki-54 advanced trainer
- Tachikawa Ki-55 advanced trainer
Independent designs
Manshū also developed a number of aircraft independently:- Manshū Hayabusa I, II, and III airliner
- Manshū Ki-79 advanced trainer version of Nakajima Ki-27
- Manshū Ki-71 dive bomber prototype
- Mansyū Ki-98 advanced twin-boom high-altitude interceptor project