en List of Douglas DC-4 operators

This is a list of operators of the Douglas DC-4, Douglas C-54, Canadair North Star and Douglas R5D.

Civil operators

Aden

Aden Airways^{Note 1}

Algeria

Air Algerie^[1]

Antigua and Barbuda

Seagreen Air Transport ^[1]

Argentina

Aerolíneas Argentinas^[1]
Aerotransportes Entre Rios^[2]
Aerovias Halcon^[3]
Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina [de] (FAMA)^[1]

Australia

Barbados

Carib West Airways

Belgium

Bolivia

Frigorifico Reyes

Burundi

King of Burundi^{Note 1}

Cameroon

Air Cameroun (Société anonyme des avions Meyer et compagnie)^[1]
Cameroon Airlines

Canada

Chad

Air Tchad^[4]

Republic of China

Colombia

Avianca^[1]
SATENA

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Air Congo^[1]

Denmark

Ecuador

Aerovias Ecuatorianas^[3]

El Salvador

TACA International Airlines^[1]

France

Gabon

Transgabon^[1]

Germany

Aerotour^[1]
All-Air^[1]
Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei [de]^[1]
LTU International^[1]
Luftreederei Karl Herfurtner^[1]
Transavia Flug [de]^[1]
Transportflug^[1]

Greece

Olympic Airways^[1]

Guatemala

Aviateca

Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific Airways

India

Indian Airlines^[5]

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

El Al

Italy

Alitalia

Côte d'Ivoire

Air Afrique^[1]

Japan

Japan Air Lines^[1]

Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar

East African Airways^{Note 1}

Lebanon

Luxembourg

Luxair^[1]

Madagascar

Air Madagascar^[1]

Mauritania

Air Mauritanie^[6]

Mexico

The Netherlands

Nicaragua

LANICA (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua S.A.)

Niger

Air Niger^[6]

Norway

Braathens SAFE
Det Norske Luftfartsselskap (DNL)^[1]

Panama

Aerovias Internacional Balboa^[3]
Copa Airlines^{Note 1}

Paraguay

Peru

Faucett Perú

Philippines

Philippine Air Lines

South Africa

SkyClass Aviation Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine^[1]
Africair^[3]
Safair^[1]
South African Airways^[1]
Trek Airways^[1]

South Korea

Korean Air Lines^[1]

South Vietnam

Air Vietnam^[7]

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Balair^[8]

Syria

Syrian Airways^[1]

Thailand

United Kingdom

Ardco C-54D (DC-4) 43-17228 air tanker landing at Fox Field, Lancaster, California, 2003. Now with Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as "Spirit of Freedom"

United States

Aerovias Sud Americana (aka ASA International Airlines)
Aero Union
Air America^[3]
American Airlines
American Export Airlines/American Overseas Airlines
ARAMCO^[1]
Biegert Aviation
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (http://www.spiritoffreedom.org)
Capital Airlines
Chicago and Southern Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Matson Airlines
National Airlines^[1]
Northwest Airlines^[1]
Pan American World Airways
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Santa Fe Skyways (owned by Santa Fe Railroad)
Trans Caribbean Airways
Transocean Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
United Airlines
United States Overseas Airlines
Westair Transport
Waterman Airlines^[1]
Western Airlines^[1]
Zantop^[1]

Venezuela

Linea Expressa Bolivar^{Note 1}

Notes

^1 Canadair North Star operator
^2 Ansett-ANA was also an original operator of the Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair conversion of the DC-4/C-54

Military operators

(Douglas C-54 unless specified)

Argentina

Belgium

Belgian Air Force - One former R5D1 from 1950–1971, also operated one DC-4.^[1]^[9]

Bolivia

TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar - one former USAF VC-54D and one C-54G both bought in 1973.^[10]

Brazil

Força Aérea Brasileira - Twelve C-54Gs serialled FAB 2400 to FAB 2411, flown by the "1º/2º Grupo de Transporte" between 1960–1968

Cambodia

Royal Khmer Aviation (AVRK) - One C-54B used as a VIP transport, flown by the "Transport and Liaison Group" (French: Groupe d'Liaison et Transport – GLT) between 1960-1970.

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair North Star

Chad

Chadian Air Force - received from France in 1976^[11]

Colombia

Colombian Air Force^[1]

Cuba

Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba - Photographic evidence of one registered 614. There are reports of a second one registered 615. Unknown origin.

Denmark

Royal Danish Air Force - Six C-54D/Gs, 1959–1977 ^[12]

Dominican Republic

Fuerza Aérea Dominicana - Photographic evidence of two aircraft registered 3105 –named 'San Isidro'– and 3106. Unknown origin.

El Salvador

Air Force of El Salvador - Canadair North Star

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Air Force - One former USAF C-54D from 1966 and one former US DoT C-54G in 1969.^[10]

France

French Air Force - One C-54E donated in 1945 and transferred to the Navy in 1960. One C-54A 1961-1975.^[10]
French Naval Aviation - One C-54E transferred from the Air Force in 1960, destroyed in 1982. One C-54B 1962-1969.^[10]

Guatemala

Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca - One received late 1964 and registered 800. Sold to Honduras as FAH-799 in 1973.

Honduras

Honduras Air Force

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.^[9]

Niger

Niger Air Force - One C-54B 1968-1974.^[13]

Peru

Peruvian Air Force - Nine delivered in late 1966.^[14]

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.^[10] 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)^[10]

Saudi Arabia

Royal Saudi Air Force - one former Saudia C-54A from 1960 and now preserved.^[15]

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.^[9]

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force - 10 C-54Ds transferred from USAF under lend-lease in 1945 and returned in 1946.^[10] One special fitted C-54B for the use by Winston Churchill transferred in 1944 and returned in 1945.

United States

Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force - One C-54A 1949-1955.^[13]

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 ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.
^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.551
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.552
^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.554
^ "Case Study The Indian Scene, circa 1975". Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review. August 20, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.556
^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.557
^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.561
^ ^a ^b ^c Roach 1991, p. 164
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roach 1991, p. 158
^ Cooper, Grandolini & Delalande 2015, p. 34
^ Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 63. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.
^ ^a ^b Roach 1991, p. 165
^ John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 238.
^ Roach 1991, p. 159

Bibliography

Berry, Peter; et al. (1967). The Douglas DC-4. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.
Best, Martin S. (Summer 2010). "The Development of Commercial Aviation in China: Part 10B: China National Aviation Corporation 1945–1949". Air-Britain Archive. pp. 63–74. ISSN 0262-4923.
Blewett, R. Survivors. Coulsden, UK: Aviation Classics, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9530413-4-3.
Cooper, Tom; Grandolini, Albert; Delalande, Arnaud (2015). Libyan Air Wars, Part 1: 1973-1985. Helion & Company Publishing. ISBN 978-1-909982-39-0.
Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.
Francillon, René (1979). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-87021-428-4.
Pearcy, Arthur. Douglas Propliners: DC-1–DC-7. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-85310-261-X.
Pickler, Ron and Larry Milberry. Canadair: The First 50 Years. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1995. ISBN 0-921022-07-7.
Milberry, Larry. The Canadair North Star. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1982. ISBN 0-07-549965-7.
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]

External links

[piston-1] ^ ^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 ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.

[2] Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.551

[FI552-3] Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.552

[4] Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.554

[5] "Case Study The Indian Scene, circa 1975". Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review. August 20, 2018.

[FI556-6] Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.556

[7] Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.557

[8] Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.561

[Roach164-9] Roach 1991, p. 164

[Roach158-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roach 1991, p. 158

[11] Cooper, Grandolini & Delalande 2015, p. 34

[Schrøder-12] Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 63. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.

[Roach165-13] Roach 1991, p. 165

[14] John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 238.

[Roach159-15] Roach 1991, p. 159

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See also

References

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