Manchuria Aviation Company
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| Founding: | 1932 |
| Operation stopped: | 1945 |
| Seat: | Mukden |
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| Company form: | Kabushiki kaisha |
| Fleet size: | 121+ |
| Aims: | national, Korea and China |
| Manchuria Aviation Company ceased operations in 1945. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
The Manchuria Aviation Company ( Jap. 満州航空株式会社 , romaji Manshu Koku Kabushikigaisha , short MKKK; Pinyin Mǎnzhōu Hángkōng Zhushi Huishe ; Chinese 滿洲航空股份公司 / 满洲航空股份公司 , Pinyin Mǎnzhōu Hángkōng Gǔfèn Gongsi ; German Manchurian Aviation Aktiengesellschaft ) was the flag carrier of Manchukuo and offered flight connections within Manchuria .
history
The company was founded in August 1932 as a semi-public company. Initially she was also responsible for the operation of the aviation infrastructure on the ground, until it was taken over by the Ministry of Transport in 1939 in order to better align it with military needs. From the beginning, society was strongly oriented towards military requirements. With the Soviet invasion in August 1945, the company, like all state institutions, was dissolved, and the aircraft was confiscated by the Soviet Union and the advancing troops of the KMT regime .
Route network
The company's hub was in Hsinking (today: Changchun ); in 1939 it operated a route network of 16,070 km in length (compared to 2,655 km when it was founded in 1932). In 1939 international connections were also established to Beijing and Seoul, and in 1940 to Tokyo, from where connections to the network of Imperial Japanese Airways were also available. The flight plan in October 1940 included the following routes:
- Mukden - Jinzhou - Beijing
- Mukden - Chengde - Beijing
- Mukden - Huanren - Dunhua - Ji'an - Andong - Sinyen - Dalian
- Dalian - Mukden - Xinjing - Harbin - Jiamusi
- Xinjing - Dunhua - Chungkiangchen
- Xinjing - Yanji - Tumen - Hunchun
- Mudanjiang - Tumen - Seishin
- Xinjing - Tongliao - Kailu - Lindong - Linxi - Chifeng - Chengde
- Xinjing - Mudanjiang - Suifenhe - Dongning
- Xinjing - Baicheng - Qiqihar - Hailar - Manjur
- Harbin - Bei'an - Sunwu - Heihe - Nenjiang - Qiqihar - Harbin
- Harbin - Mudanjiang
- Fujin - Baoqing - Jiamusi
- Mudanjiang - Pantaiho - Mishan - Fotou - Raohe - Tongjiang - Fujin
- Harbin - Tonghe - Ilan - Jiamusi - Fujin
- Jiamusi - Luobei - Fujin - Tongjiang - Raohe
- Tongjiang - Fuyuan
- Jiamusi - Fushan - Wuyun - Sunwu - Heihe - Huma - Oupu - Mohe
- Baoqing - Mishan
- Xinjing - Mukden - Keija
- Chengde - Zhangjiakou - Datong - Houhou - Baotou
- Beijing - Tianjin - Dalian
fleet
- 1 Clark GA-43 Transport
- 12 De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth
- 15 De Havilland DH.80A shortcoming
- 1 De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth
- 2 Fokker F.VIIb-3m / M
- 2 Heinkel He 116 A
- 10 Junkers Ju 86Z-1
- 10 Junkers Ju 86Z-2
- 30 Manshu MT-1 Hayabusa
- 15 Messerschmitt Bf 108 D Typhoon
- 10 Mitsubishi Ki-57 Topsi
- 12 Nakajima Ki-34 Torah
- 1+ Tachikawa Ki-54 Hickory
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Francis Clifford Jones: Manchuria since 1931; London 1949 (Royal Institute of International Affairs), p. 120.
- ^ A b c Philip S. Jowett: Rays of the Rising Sun. Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45. Volume 1: China & Manchukuo. Helion & Company Ltd., Solihull 2004, ISBN 1-874622-21-3 , p. 90.
- ↑ a b c d e Togo Sheba (Ed.): The Manchoukou Year Book 1941; Hsinking 1941 (Manchoukou Year Book Co.)
