Showa Aircraft Industry

Shōwa Hikoki Kōgyō KK (Japanese昭和 飞行 机 工业 株式会社, Shōwa Hikoki Kōgyō Kabushiki gaisha, dt " Shōwa Aircraft Factory AG ," engl SAIC - ".. Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. " ) is a Japanese corporation headquartered in Akishima -shi, Tokyo Prefecture, today's Tokyo metropolitan area. The company was founded in 1937, also founded in the 12th year and 6th month of the Showa Tenno, as an arms manufacturer for aircraft Akishima. During the Second World War, it produced the largest number of manufactured in Japan L2D, but a license agreement from the U.S. Douglas DC-3 and other military equipment.