CENTRAL AIRCRAFT MFG. CO. 1934-1941

George Arnold worked in Hangchow, (Shien Chiao), China, along with eight other Americans, as Vice President and General Manager of the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company which was established to teach the Chinese how to build airplanes. They assembled Northrup and Vultee attack bombers and Curtiss fighters. They also manufactured Curtiss fighters until the factory was bombed out by the Japanese in 1937      In 1940, he returned to Loi Wing (in southwest China near the Burma border), until the assembly plant was bombed by the Japanese.      After helping to start a new facility in Bangalore, India, he returned to the United States in 1941.

CENTRAL AIRCRAFT MFG. CO. Hangchow, (Shien Chaio), China, 1937 Collection of Robert Arnold, 12-27-03

 

BOMB HOLE IN ROOF Bombed by the Japanese in 1937 Collection of Robert Arnold, 12-27-03

 

BOMB DAMAGED OFFICE, 1937 George Arnold Seated at Desk Collection of Robert Arnold, 12-27-03

 

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