List of Douglas DC-4 operators

French Air Force - One C-54E donated in 1945 and transferred to the Navy in 1960. One C-54A 1961-1975.^[6]
French Naval Aviation - One C-54E transferred from the Air Force in 1960, destroyed in 1982. One C-54B 1962-1969.^[6]

Honduras

Iceland

Icelandic Coast Guard

Israel

Israeli Air Force

Mexico

Mexican Air Force - 7 C-54B

Netherlands East Indies

- Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force - four C-54As operated in 1946.^[5]

Niger

Nigerian Air Force - One C-54B 1968-1974.^[7]

Peru

Peruvian Air Force - Nine delivered in late 1966.^[8]

Portugal

Portuguese Air Force - Four C-54Ds operated from 1952 supplemented in 1961 by four former C-54As that had been modified to DC-4 standard.^[6] In 1965 ten former USAF HC-54Ds were obtained with an additional four as spares.

Rhodesia

Royal Rhodesian Air Force - Canadair North Star

Republic of China

Chinese Nationalist Air Force - former USAF aircraft 2 × C-54D (one bought in 1965 and one in 1966), and 1 × C-54G (bought in 1968)^[6]

Saudi Arabia

Royal Saudi Air Force - one former Saudia C-54A from 1960 and now preserved.^[9]

South Korea

Republic of Korea Air Force

South Africa

South African Air Force^[1]

Spain

Spanish Air Force - Four former C-54Ds given to Spain by the USAF in 1959 were later supplemented by another 13 second-hand aircraft which included C-54, C-54A, C-54B, C-54E, C-54G and 5D-3s.

Thailand

Royal Thai Air Force^[1]

Turkey

Turkish Air Force - three C-54Ds from 1966-1976.^[5]

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force - 10 C-54Ds transferred from USAF under lend-lease in 1945 and returned in 1946.^[6] One special fitted C-54B for the use by Winston Churchill transferred in 1944 and returned in 1945.
- No. 232 Squadron RAF
- No. 246 Squadron RAF
- Metropolitan Communications Squadron

United States

Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force - One C-54A 1949-1955.^[7]

Zimbabwe

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0 907178 37 5.
^ Douglas DC-4 Tankers
^ Enter "C54" in "Model name"
^ C-54GM N8022L - Airliners.net; Retrieved 6/20/11
^ ^a ^b ^c Roach 1991, p. 164
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roach 1991, p. 158
^ ^a ^b Roach 1991, p. 165
^ John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 238.
^ Roach 1991, p. 159

Bibliography

Eastwood, Tony and John Roach. Piston Engine Airliner Production List. West Drayton, UK: Aviation Hobby Shop, 1991. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.
Milberry, Larry. The Canadair North Star. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1982. ISBN 0-07-549965-7.
Pickler, Ron and Larry Milberry. Canadair: The First 50 Years. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1995. ISBN 0-921022-07-7.
Berry, Peter and others (1967). The Douglas DC-4. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN none.
Francillon, René (1979). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-87021-428-4.
Yenne, Bill (1985). McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants. Greenwich, Connecticut: Bison Books. ISBN 0-517-44287-6.
The PSA History/Oldtimers Page [1]
Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0 907178 37 5.
Berry, Peter et al. The Douglas DC-4. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1967.
Blewett, R. Survivors. Coulsden, UK: Aviation Classics, 2007. ISBN 978-09530413-4-3.
Francillon, René. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-87021-428-4.
Pearcy, Arthur. Douglas Propliners: DC-1–DC-7. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-85310-261-X.
Yenne, Bill. McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants. Greenwich, Connecticut: Bison Books, 1985. ISBN 0-517-44287-6.

External links

Canadair DC4M North Star
Moose Jaw crash at virtualmuseum.ca
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation - Operates C-54 "Spirit of Freedom" as flying Berlin Airlift Museum
Air Force Association page on C-54
Air Force Museum page on the VC-54C
Warbird Alley: C-54 page
Cockpit View of C-54 During Landing/Taxi
Boeing McDonnell Douglas page on DC-4
The last passenger certified & built DC-4s in the world
Vintage Wings of Canada Canadair North Star showing RR Merlin installation

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See also: Post-1962 list

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List of Douglas DC-4 operators

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Military operators

See also

References

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