Nippon Kokusai Kōkū Kōgyō
Nippon Kokusai Kōkū Kōgyō KK ( Japanese 日本 国際 航空 工業 株式会社 , ~ Kabushiki-gaisha , German "Japan International Aircraft Industry AG") was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer from 1941 to 1945 during World War II .
history
In June 1941, the merged company Japan Air Industries, Osaka and International Aircraft Co., Tokyo to Nippon Kokusai Koku Kōgyō shortly Kokusai . Kanegafuchi Textile Interests provided the start-up capital of ¥ 36,000,000 . Japan Air Industries had an aircraft fuselage and flight propeller manufacture in Hiratsuka, while International Aircraft planned an aircraft fuselage and aircraft engine manufacture in Kyoto . After the merger was completed, Tokyo was chosen as the headquarters . In January 1943 the headquarters of the stock corporation was relocated to Osaka and in April 1945 finally to Kyoto.
In addition to the already existing production sites in Hiratsuka and Okubo , six more sites were opened in the following years: Kamikyo (1941), Sonobe (1942), Kanzaki (1942), Fukui (1942), Harue (1943) and Yodogawa (1944).
Kokusai received financial support from the Japan Industrial Bank , which received an order from the Ministry of Munitions . Although Kokusai operated as a private company, it was under the direct control of the Japanese government, as it coordinated loans , resource allocation, and army inspectors and superiors. The company was led by Shingo Tsuda, and Vice President was Jinkichi Terada.
In addition to aircraft like the Kokusai Ki-59 , Kokusai also manufactured cargo gliders like the Kokusai Ku-8 . At the time, Kokusai was one of many smaller aircraft manufacturers that mainly manufactured aircraft and aircraft parts by hand. The approximately 25,000 employees achieved a production of 4,000,000 working hours in July 1944. We worked in two shifts of 10 to 12 hours each.
In order not to be exposed to the Allied bombing raids, the production facilities were divided between March and May 1945 and rebuilt in an area of several kilometers around the locations in hidden places such as schools, abandoned road tunnels or shelters in the forest. The plants were now reasonably safe from destruction, but with the division, production suddenly came to a standstill and Kokusai effectively stopped production. About 5,000 aircraft were manufactured by Kokusai .
At the end of the war, Nippon Kokusai Kōkū Kōgyō was dissolved and taken over by the 1946 newly founded Nissan Shatai KK .
Airplane models
The following aircraft models were manufactured by Kokusai :
Web links
- The Japanese Aircraft Industries. japanairraids.org, accessed October 10, 2016 .