List of Douglas DC-4 operators explained

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

Civil operators

• Aden Airways

• Air Algerie^[1]

• Seagreen Air Transport ^[1]

• Aerolíneas Argentinas
• Aerotransportes Entre Rios^[2]
• Aerovias Halcon^[3]
• (FAMA)^[1]

• Air Express
• Ansett-ANA
• Australian National Airways^[1]
• British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines
• Pacific Air Freighters
• Qantas^[1]
• Trans Australia Airlines^[1]

• Carib West Airways

• SABENA^[1]
• Avions Fairey
• Belgian International Air Services

• Frigorifico Reyes

• King of Burundi

• Air Cameroun (Societie Anonyme des Avions Meyer et Compagnie)^[1]
• Cameroon Airlines

• Air North
• Buffalo Airways
• Eldorado Aviation^[1]
  • • Canadian Pacific Airlines Trans-Canada Airlines World Wide Airways
• Curtiss Reid Flying Services Canada
• Kenting Aviation
• Maritime Central Airways
• Millardair
• Nordair
• Pacific Western
• Soundair
• Transair^[1]

• Air Tchad^[4]

• China Airlines
• Civil Air Transport

• Avianca^[1]
• SATENA

• Air Congo^[1]

• Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL)
• Flying Enterprise - Canadair North Star

• Aerovias Ecuatorianas^[3]

• TACA International Airlines^[1]

• Air France^[1]

• Transgabon^[1]

• Aerotour^[1]
• All-Air^[1]
• ^[1]
• LTU International^[1]
• Luftreederei Karl Herfurtner^[1]
• ^[1]
• Transportflug^[1]

• Olympic Airways^[1]

• Aviateca

• Cathay Pacific Airways

• Indian Airlines^[5]

• Icelandair
• Loftleidir

• Aer Turas^[1]
• Shannon Air^[1]

• El Al

• Alitalia

Cote d'Ivoire

• Air Afrique^[1]

• Japan Air Lines^[1]

,, and

• East African Airways

• Middle East Airlines
• Trans Mediterranean Airways^[1]

• Luxair^[1]

• Air Madagascar^[1]

• Air Mauritanie^[6]

• Aerovias Guest
• Líneas Aéreas Unidas Mexicanas

• KLM^[1]
• Martin's Air Charter

• LANICA (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua S.A.)

• Air Niger^[6]

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

• Aerovias Internacional Balboa^[3]
• Copa Airlines

• • Paraguayan Airways Service Lloyd Aéreo Paraguayo S.A.

• Faucett Perú

• Philippine Air Lines

South Africa

• SkyClass Aviation ^[1]
• Africair^[3]
• Safair^[1]
• South African Airways^[1]
• Trek Airways^[1]

• Korean Air Lines^[1]

• Air Vietnam^[7]

• Aviaco^[1]
• Iberia^[1]
• Spantax^[1]
• Trans Europa^[1]

• Scandinavian Airlines^[1]
• Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik^[1]

• Balair^[8]

• Syrian Airways^[1]

• • Thai Airways Air Siam^[1]

• ACE Freighters^[1]
• Air Charter Limited^[1]
• Channel Airways^[1]
• Dan-Air
• Eagle Airways
• Invicta Airways
• Lloyd International
• Skyways
• Starways^[1]
• Air Links
• BOAC
• British Midland
• Derby Airways
• Keegan Aviation
  • Overseas Aviation Transglobe Airways

• 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)
• Transocean Air Lines
  • Trans World Airlines United Airlines
• Westair Transport
• Waterman Airlines^[1]
• Western Airlines^[1]
• Zantop^[1]

• Linea Expressa Bolivar

Notes

• Canadair North Star operator
• 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)

• Argentine Air Force
• Argentine Naval Aviation

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

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

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

• 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 1960-1970.

• Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair North Star

• Chadian Air Force - received from France in 1976

• Colombian Air Force^[1]

• 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 ^[9]

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

• Air Force of El Salvador - Canadair North Star

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

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

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

• Honduras Air Force

• Icelandic Coast Guard

• Israeli Air Force

• Mexican Air Force - 7 C-54B

Netherlands East Indies

• Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force - four C-54As operated in 1946.

• Niger Air Force - One C-54B 1968-1974.^[10]

• Peruvian Air Force - Nine delivered in late 1966.^[11]

• 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. In 1965 ten former USAF HC-54Ds were obtained with an additional four as spares.

• Royal Rhodesian Air Force - Canadair North Star

• 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)^[12]

• Royal Saudi Air Force - one former Saudia C-54A from 1960 and now preserved.^[13]

• Republic of Korea Air Force

South Africa

• South African Air Force^[1]

• 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.

• Royal Thai Air Force^[1]

• Turkish Air Force - three C-54Ds from 1966-1976.^[14]

• Royal Air Force - 10 C-54Ds transferred from USAF under lend-lease in 1945 and returned in 1946. 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.

See also

• Aviation Traders Carvair

References

Bibliography

• Book: Berry, Peter. The Douglas DC-4. 1967. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. etal.
• Best . Martin S. . The Development of Commercial Aviation in China: Part 10B: China National Aviation Corporation 1945–1949 . Air-Britain Archive . Summer 2010 . 63–74 . 0262-4923.
• Blewett, R. Survivors. Coulsden, UK: Aviation Classics, 2007. .
• Book: Cooper . Tom . Grandolini . Albert . Delalande . Arnaud . Libyan Air Wars, Part 1: 1973-1985 . Helion & Company Publishing . 2015 . 978-1-909982-39-0.
• Book: Eastwood, Tony . John Roach . Piston Engine Airliner Production List . The Aviation Hobby Shop . 1991 . 0-907178-37-5.
• Book: Francillon, René. 1979. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London. Putnam. 0-87021-428-4.
• Pearcy, Arthur. Douglas Propliners: DC-1–DC-7. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1995. .
• Pickler, Ron and Larry Milberry. Canadair: The First 50 Years. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1995. .
• Milberry, Larry. The Canadair North Star. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1982. .
• Book: Yenne, Bill. 1985. McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants. Greenwich, Connecticut. Bison Books. 0-517-44287-6.
• The PSA History/Oldtimers Page http://www.psa-history.org/

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
• Loading Santa Fe Skyways DC-4 refrigerated cargo aircraft.
• Santa Fe Skyways reconverted DC-4 refrigerated cargo aircraft.
• Composite photograph of Santa Fe Skyway Inc. DC-4.

Notes and References

1. Book: Eastwood, Tony . John Roach. Piston Engine Airliner Production List . The Aviation Hobby Shop . 1991 . 0-907178-37-5.
2. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.551
3. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.552
4. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.554
5. Web site: Case Study The Indian Scene, circa 1975. August 20, 2018. Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review.
6. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.556
7. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.557
8. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.561
9. Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 63. .
10. Roach 1991, p. 165
11. John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 238.
12. Roach 1991, p. 158
13. Roach 1991, p. 159
14. Roach 1991, p. 164