List of Douglas DC-4 operators
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This is a list of operators of the Douglas DC-4, Douglas C-54, Canadair North Star and Douglas R5D.
Civil operators
- Seagreen Air Transport [1]
- Aerolíneas Argentinas[1]
- Aerotransportes Entre Rios[2]
- Aerovias Halcon[3]
- Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina (FAMA)[1]
- Air Express
- Ansett-ANANote 2
- Australian National Airways[1]
- British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines
- Pacific Air Freighters
- Qantas[1]
- Trans Australia Airlines[1]
- Carib West Airways
- Frigorifico Reyes
- Air Cameroun (Société anonyme des avions Meyer et compagnie)[1]
- Cameroon Airlines
- Air North
- Buffalo Airways
- Eldorado Aviation[1]
- Canadian Pacific AirlinesNote 1
- Trans-Canada AirlinesNote 1
- World Wide AirwaysNote 1
- Curtiss Reid Flying Services Canada
- Kenting Aviation
- Maritime Central Airways
- Millardair
- Nordair
- Pacific Western
- Soundair
- Transair[1]
- Aerovias Ecuatorianas[3]
- Air France[1]
- Compagnie Air Transport
- Transgabon[1]
- Aerotour[1]
- All-Air[1]
- Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei[1]
- LTU International[1]
- Luftreederei Karl Herfurtner[1]
- Transavia Flug[1]
- Transportflug[1]
Kenya, 
Uganda, 
Tanganyika and 
Zanzibar
- Aerovias Guest
- Líneas Aéreas Unidas MexicanasNote 1
- LANICA (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua S.A.)
- Aerovias Internacional Balboa[3]
- Copa AirlinesNote 1
- Paraguayan Airways Service
- Lloyd Aéreo Paraguayo S.A.
- SkyClass Aviation Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine[1]
- Africair[3]
- Safair[1]
- South African Airways[1]
- Trek Airways[1]
- ACE Freighters[1]
- Air Charter Limited[1]
- Channel Airways[1]
- Dan-Air
- Eagle Airways
- Invicta Airways
- Lloyd International
- Skyways
- Starways[1]
- Air LinksNote 1
- BOACNote 1
- British MidlandNote 1
- Derby AirwaysNote 1
- Keegan AviationNote 1
- Overseas AviationNote 1
- Transglobe AirwaysNote 1
- 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]
- Linea Expressa BolivarNote 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
Summarize
Perspective
(Douglas C-54 unless specified)
- Belgian Air Force - One former R5D1 from 1950 to 1971, also operated one DC-4.[1][9]
- TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar - one former USAF VC-54D and one C-54G both bought in 1973.[10]
- Força Aérea Brasileira - Twelve C-54Gs serialled FAB 2400 to FAB 2411, flown by the "1º/2º Grupo de Transporte" between 1960 and 1968
- 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 and 1970.
- Chadian Air Force - received from France in 1976[11]
- Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba - Photographic evidence of one registered 614. There are reports of a second one registered 615. Unknown origin.
- Royal Danish Air Force - Six C-54D/Gs, 1959–1977 [12]
- Fuerza Aérea Dominicana - Photographic evidence of two aircraft registered 3105 –named 'San Isidro'– and 3106. Unknown origin.
- Ethiopian Air Force - One former USAF C-54D from 1966 and one former US DoT C-54G in 1969.[10]
- 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]
- Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca - One received late 1964 and registered 800. Sold to Honduras as FAH-799 in 1973.
- Mexican Air Force - 7 C-54B
- Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force - four C-54As operated in 1946.[9]
- Niger Air Force - One C-54B 1968–1974.[13]
- Peruvian Air Force - Nine delivered in late 1966.[14]
- 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.
- 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]
- Royal Saudi Air Force - one former Saudia C-54A from 1960 and now preserved.[15]
- 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.
- Turkish Air Force - three C-54Ds from 1966 to 1976.[9]
- 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.
- No. 232 Squadron RAF
- No. 246 Squadron RAF
- Metropolitan Communications Squadron
- United States Army Air Forces
- US Air Force - Douglas C-54
- United States Navy - Douglas R5D
- US Marine Corps - R5D
- US Coast Guard - R5D
- Venezuelan Air Force - One C-54A 1949–1955.[13]
See also
References
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