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 Mansyû 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 Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units stationed in Manchukuo.
The Red Army confiscated the companys factory and equipment in 1945 at the end of World War II, and the Soviets took much of its equipment back to the Soviet Union as war reparations. Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, one of the major aircraft producers in the People's Republic of China, redeveloped the site.

Licensed production

Manshū produced a variety of Japanese aircraft under license production agreements:
Manshū also developed a number of aircraft independently:
Among the Manshū independent designs, however, only the Ki-79 advanced trainer reached mass production, as the Army Type 2 Advanced Trainer.