Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Canada

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Factory set up to build JN series trainers; taken over 1916 by Canadian government and renamed Canadian Aeroplanes.

Subsidiary.

nationalized by Canadian government,1916

Frithiof Gustaf Ericson was the chief engineer.

This company produced the JN-4 aircraft purchased by the Candadian government, then sold in the US after the war, which were the grounds for Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation v. United Aircraft Engineering Corporation. Ericson bought these airplanes on behalf of United Engineering Corporation.

People affiliated with Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Canada or Curtiss Aeroplane & Motors Limited



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Names Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Canada, Canadian Aeroplanes, Curtiss Aeroplane & Motors Limited
Country Canada
City Long Branch (or Long Beach), Toronto, Ontario
Affiliations Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation
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Started aero 1915
Ended aero 1916
Key people Frithiof Gustaf Ericson
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