8-K

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                 FORM 8-K

                              CURRENT REPORT

                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE 

                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 31, 1995     
       



                                      DDL Electronics, Inc.       
                                       
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


(State or other jurisdiction)                  Delaware 

(Commission file number)                       1-8101 

(IRS employer identification No.               33-0213512 


 7320 SW Hunziker Road, Tigard, Oregon         97223-2302  
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (503)
620-1789                        



Item 5.

On June 1, 1995, DDL Electronics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 indicating that the
Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William E. Cook
had resigned from the Company.  The press release also indicated
that the Company had appointed five new directors replacing Mr.
Cook and the Company's two existing directors up for re-election.

ITEM 7.  Exhibits

Exhibit        Description

99.1           News release dated June 1, 1995




                                SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.

                              DDL ELECTRONICS, INC.



Dated:  June 7, 1995          By: /s/M. Charles Van Rossen
                                  M. Charles Van Rossen
                                  Vice President, Finance
                                 (Principal Financial Officer)

EX-99

(DDL Electronics, Inc. letter head)


                               NEWS RELEASE


Subject:       DDL Electronics, Inc. Agrees to Expand Board and
               Elect Five New Directors.  CEO and Chairman of the
               Board William E. Cook Resigns from All Positions

Date:          June 1, 1995

Contact:       M. Charles Van Rossen 
               (503) 620-1789


Rosemont, Illinois, May 31, 1995.   At the annual meeting of
stock-

holders of DDL Electronics, Inc. (NYSE_DDL) held here today, the
Company's Board of Directors agreed to relinquish control of the
Board to a slate of new directors supported by a majority of the
Company's shareholders and Mr. William E. Cook, the Company's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, agreed to resign.  

The new Board of Directors, which is most optimistic over the
future prospects for the Company, comprised of Bernee D. L.
Strom, Melvin Foster, Robert G. Wilson, Philip H. Alspach, Don A.
Raig,and Erven Tallman will work as a team pursuing an aggressive
program of sustained, profitable growth.

This team strategy of the new Board will allow the Company to
focus on:

     1.   Increasing the Company's revenues and eliminating non-
productive expenses resulting in an improved financial
performance for the Company;

     2.   Implementing a program of mergers and acquisitions of
public and private companies in the PCB and SMT industries and
developing strategic alliances in the back plane and flex tech-
nology areas; and

     3.   Fulfilling the ultimate commitment of enhancing share-
holder value.

DDL Electronics, Inc. corporate office is located at 7320 SW
Hunziker Road, Suite 300, Tigard, Oregon 97223-2302.  Telephone
503-620-1789, fax 503-620-1676.