McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920

by René J. Francillon

An encylopedia of most-all of McDonnell-Douglas' aircraft, including both civilian and military fixed-wing aircraft, their historical uses and by whom, and photographs where possible, with information on every aircraft from the original Davis-Douglas Cloudster, all the way to the McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier. The book also opens with a section on the Origin and History of the Douglas Aircraft Company, including its creators Donald Douglas and James McDonnell, and the history of its forebears. The book also contains four appendices, each with information accurate up to 31st December, 1977; A. Details the total production of each aircraft for all McDonnell-Douglas plants in the U.S.A. B. Contains the factory serial number, aircraft model, original customer, original serial number, and number produced of every batch of aircraft from the Davis-Douglas Company, Douglas Company, Douglas Aircraft Company Inc., and the Douglas Aircraft Division of the McDonnell Corporation