Manchuria Aviation Company
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| Founded | September 26, 1931 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Mukden, Manchukuo | ||||||
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Manchuria Aviation Company[1][2][3] (traditional Chinese/Kyūjitai: 滿洲航空株式會社; simplified Chinese: 满州航空株式会社; Shinjitai: 満州航空株式会社; Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎnzhōu Hángkōng Zhūshì Huìshè; Wade–Giles: Man3-chou1 Hang2-k'ung1 Chu1-shih4 Hui4-she4 Japanese Hepburn: Manshū Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha, "MKKK") was the
Manchuria Aviation Company was established on 26 September 1931 in
From the beginning, the Manchuria Aviation Company was a
In 1936, an "Independent Volunteer Battalion" of the MKKK consisting of 13 aircraft fought on the side of the Inner Mongolian Army against Kuomintang-held Suiyuan.[4]
The airline had a "
The repair shops of the MKKK produced copies of the Fokker Super Universal (Nakajima Ki-6) and the De Havilland DH.80 "Pussmoth"
The Manchuria Aviation Company ceased operations in August 1945 during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. However, wartime fuel and equipment shortages had previously curtailed its operations considerably. Remaining aircraft, goods and equipment were confiscated, to the benefit of the Soviet Union and Chinese Communist Party, after the conflict.
Fleet
- 30x Manshū MT-1 Hayabusa airliner
- 27x de Havilland DH.80 Pussmoth
- 15x Messerschmitt Bf 108A/B Taifun liaison aircraft
- 12x Nakajima AT-2 Thora transports
- 10x Mitsubishi MC-20 Topsy transports
- 10x Junkers Ju 86Z-1 transports/bombers
- 10x Junkers Ju 86Z-2 transports/bombers
- 2x Heinkel He 116A communications planes
- 2x Fokker F.VIIb-3m/M transports
- 1x Tachikawa Ki-54 Hickory transport
- 1x de Havilland DH.85 Leopardmoth
- 1x General Aviation GA-43 transport
- ?x Tachikawa Type LO Thelma transport (license build Lockheed Model 14-38 Super Electra)
- ?x Airspeed Envoy (license build Mitsubishi Type Hinazuru transport)
- ?x Manshū Super Universal (license built Fokker Super Universal)
- ?x Kawasaki Ki-56 Thalia transport
- ?x Kokusai Ki-59 transport
Accidents and incidents
- On June 20, 1941, Mitsubishi MC-20 (registration M-604) crashed in the Sea of Japan, killing all 18 on board.
References
- Notes
- ^ Francis Clifford Jones: Manchuria since 1931. Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 1949, S. 120.
- ISBN 1-874622-21-3, S. 90.
- ^ Togo Sheba (Hrsg.): The Manchoukou Year Book 1941. The Manchoukou Year Book Co., Hsinking 1941.
- ^ Jowett 2005, pp. 90.
- Bibliography
- Jowett, Philip S. (2005). Rays of the rising sun, Volume 1: Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45, China and Manchukuo. Solihull: Helion & Company Ltd. ISBN 1-874622-21-3.
- Mikesh, Richard C. and Shorzoe Abe. Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.