Incorporated July 6,1939 at St Louis, Missouri, merged
with Douglas Aircraft Corporation Inc. April 28,1967.
Built Fairchild AT-21 gunnery trainers at Memphis, Tennessee,
plant and designed XP-67 experimental twin-engined
fighter in 1942. Developed first U.S. Navy twin-jet
fighter, FH-1 Phantom I, which was first flown January
26,1945. Enlarged version was F2H Banshee, flown January
11,1947. F3H Demon single-engined jet fighter,
maiden flight August 7,1951. XF-88 jet fighter for USAF
cancelled 1950 but developed later as F-101 Voodoo,
flown September 29,1954. F-4 Phantom II twin-engined
missile-armed attack fighter flownMay 27,1958, subsequently
standard USAF, USN and USMC fighter, built also
for reconnaissance and antiradar roles and widely
exported; 5,057 built in U.S.A. up to June 1979, and production
by Mitsubishi in Japan continued until 1981. See
below for 1967 merger with Douglas.
