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20mm

TonyE

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Can anyone confirm that a US 20mm Hispano with a DURA headstamp was made by DURA Automotive Inc.?

Thanks
TonyE
 
i think dura was a division of detroit harvester corp in toledo ohio stamped on oerlikon and hispanos from 1942 to 1944 tony
 
Dura

Many thanks.

I suspect that the modern day DURA company is a descendent of that division.

Regards
TonyE
 
Tony,

I have
Detroit Harvester, Detroit, MI - Aircraft engine parts
Detroit Harvester, Toledo, Ohio - Projectiles

There is Dura Automotive, Rochester, MI
and Dura Corporation, Southfields, MI

(no listings for either)

From what I can ascertain they were two separate entities and the latter had connections with Detroit Harvester.

There is/was a Dura Plastics of New York who were supplying the U.S Government in the 1980s

Regards

TimG
 
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