List of Douglas DC-4 operators

DC-4 operated by the Dutch Dakota Association in the "Flying Dutchman" colours of KLM

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]

Template:Country data Antigua

Seagreen Air Transport ^[1]

Argentina

Aerolineas Argentinas^[1]
Aerotransportes Entre Rios^[2]
Aerovias Halcon^[3]

Australia

Barbados

Carib West Airways

Belgium

Bolivia

Frigorifico Reyes

Burundi

King of Burundi^{Note 1}

Cameroon

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

Canada

Air North
Eldorado Aviation^[1]
Canadian Pacific Airlines^{Note 1}
National Research Council^{Note 1}
Trans-Canada Airlines^{Note 1}
World Wide Airways^{Note 1}
Buffalo Airways (14 registered as of 29 January 2011 with 4 in operation, 2 cargo and 2 waterbombers^[4]^[5])
Curtiss Reid Flying Services Canada
Kenting Aviation
Maritime Central Airways
Millardair
Nordair
Pacific Western
Soundair
Transair^[1]

Chad

Air Tchad^[6]

Republic of China

Colombia

Avianca^[1]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Air Congo^[1]

Denmark

Flying Enterprise - Canadair North Star

Ecuador

Aerovias Ecuatorianas^[3]

El Salvador

TACA International Airlines^[1]

France

Air France^[1]

Gabon

Transgabon^[1]

Greece

Olympic Airways^[1]

Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific Airways

Iceland

Ireland

Aer Turas^[1]
Shannon Air^[1]

Israel

El Al

Italy

Alitalia

Côte d'Ivoire

Air Afrique^[1]

Japan

Japan Air Lines^[1]

Kenya

East African Airways^{Note 1}

Lebanon

Trans Mediterranean Airways^[1]

Luxembourg

Luxair^[1]

Madagascar

Air Madagascar^[1]

Mauritania

Air Mauritanie^[7]

Mexico

Aerovias Guest
Líneas Aéreas Unidas Mexicanas^{Note 1}

The Netherlands

Nicaragua

LANICA (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua S.A.)

Niger

Air Niger^[7]

Norway

Det Norske Luftfartsselskap (DNL)^[1]

Panama

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

Paraguay

Paraguayan Airways Service
Lloyd Aéreo Paraguayo S.A.

Peru

Faucett Perú

Philippines

Philippine Air Lines

South Africa

South Korea

Korean Air Lines^[1]

South Vietnam

Air Vietnam^[8]

Spain

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

Sweden

Switzerland

Balair^[9]

Syria

Syrian Airways^[1]

Thailand

Thai Airways^[1]

United Kingdom

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

United States

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
Transocean Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
United Airlines
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]^[10]

Bolivia

TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar - one former USAF VC-54D and one C-54G both bought in 1973.^[11]

Brazil

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

Cambodia

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair North Star

Chad

Colombia

Cuba

Denmark

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

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.^[11]

France

French Air Force - One C-54E donated in 1945 and transferred to the Navy in 1960. One C-54A 1961-1975.^[11]
French Naval Aviation - One C-54E transferred from the Air Force in 1960, destroyed in 1982. One C-54B 1962-1969.^[11]

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.^[10]

Niger

Nigerian 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.^[11] 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)^[11]

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.^[10]

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force - 10 C-54Ds transferred from USAF under lend-lease in 1945 and returned in 1946.^[11] 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.^[13]

Zimbabwe

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 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
1 2 3 4 5 Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.552
↑ Douglas DC-4 Tankers
↑ Enter "C54" in "Model name"
↑ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.554
1 2 Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.556
↑ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.557
↑ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.561
1 2 3 Roach 1991, p. 164
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roach 1991, p. 158
↑ Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 63. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.
1 2 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; et al. (1967). The Douglas DC-4. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.
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
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 978-0-9530413-4-3.
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.

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Douglas military aircraft

Fighters	XP-48 P-70 F-6 F-10 XFD F3D F4D F5D XF6D

Ground attack	XA-2 A-20 A-24 A-26 A-33 A-1 A-3 A-4/A-4AR/A-4SU DT T2D XT3D TBD SBD BD XBTD XTB2D AD XA2D A3D A4D

Bombers	YB-7 YB-11 B-18 XB-19 XB-22 B-23 B-26 XB-31 XB-42 XB-43 B-66 DB-1 DB-2 DB-7 DB-8 DB-19 DB-73 Boston I/II/III/IV/V Digby I Havoc I/II DXD1

Observation	O-2 OD O2D O-31 O-35 O-38 O-43 YO-44 O-46 O-53 YOA-5

Patrol	PD P2D P3D

Reconnaissance	F-3

Transports	C-1 C-21 C-32 C-33 YC-34 C-38 C-39 C-41 C-41A C-42 C-47 C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-58 UC-67 C-68 C-74 C-84 C-110 XC-112/YC-112 XC-114 YC-116 C-117 C-118 C-124 YC-129 C-133 C-9 C-24 RD R2D R3D R4D (R4D-2 & R4D-4) R5D JD R6D CC-129 Dakota I/III/IV Dakota II LXD1 PD.808 Skymaster I

Gliders	XCG-17

Training aircraft	BT-1 BT-2 XT-30

Experimental	DWC D-558-1 D-558-2 X-3

United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems

Army/Air Force sequence (1925-1962)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41/A C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46 C-47/T C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-55 C-56 C-57 C-58 C-59 C-60 C-61 C-62 C-63 C-64 C-65 C-66 C-67 C-68 C-69 C-70/A/B/C/D C-71 C-72 C-73 C-74 C-75 C-76 C-77/B-D C-78 C-79 C-80 C-81 C-82 C-83 C-84 C-85 C-86 C-87 C-88 C-89 C-90 C-91 C-92 C-93 C-94 C-95 C-96 C-97/KC-97 C-98 C-99 C-100 C-101 C-102 C-103 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 C-118 C-119 C-120 C-121/F C-122 C-123/A C-124 C-125 C-126 C-127 (I) C-127 (II) C-128 C-129 C-130/J C-131 C-132 C-133 C-134 C-135/KC-135 C-136 C-137 C-138¹ C-139¹ C-140 C-141 C-142

Tri-service sequence (1962-present)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7/B C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16¹ C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20A-D/F-H C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27/J C-28 C-29 C-30¹ C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34¹ C-35 C-36 C-37A/B C-38 C-39¹ C-40 C-41 C-42¹ C-43¹ C-44¹ C-45 C-46

Revived original sequence (2005-present)	C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146

Non-sequential designations	C-767 C-880

¹ Not assigned See also: AC-47 • AC-119 • AC-130 • DC-130 • EC-130 • HC-130 • KC-130 • LC-130 • MC-130 • WC-130 • CT-39 • CT-43

USN/USMC transport designations 1931–1962

Atlantic Aircraft	RA

Budd	RB

Curtiss	RC R2C⁴ R3C⁴ R4C R5C

Douglas	RD R2D R3D R4D R5D R6D

Bellanca	RE

Kinner	RK

Kreider-Reisner	RK² R2K

Martin	RM

Lockheed	RO R2O R3O R4O R5O R6O R7O-1/-2 to "V"

Stinson	RQ R2Q² R3Q

Fairchild	RQ R2Q R3Q² R4Q

Ford	RR

Sikorsky	RS

Northrop	RT

Lockheed	from "O" R6V R7V-1/-2 R8V

Convair	RY R2Y R3Y R4Y

¹ Not assigned • ² Assigned to a different manufacturer's type • ³ Sequence restarted • ⁴ Assigned to a different class of aircraft

Douglas and McDonnell Douglas airliners

Piston-engined	M-1 M-2 M-3 M-4 Dolphin DF DC-1 DC-2 DC-3 DC-4E DC-4 DC-5 DC-6 DC-7

Jet-engined	DC-8 DC-9 (MD-80 MD-90 MD-95) DC-10 (MD-11)

Not developed	DC-7 (C-74 Globemaster) DC-7D DC-8 piston airliner Model 2067 (DC-9) Model 2229 (SST) MD-91X / -92X / -94X MD-12 / -XX DC-10-60

Japanese Navy Transport Aircraft designations

L1N L2D L3Y L4M L7P LXC LXD LXF LXG/LXG LXHe LXJ/LXJ LXK LXM

Canadair aircraft models

Unmanned	CL-89 CL-289 CL-227

Piston-engined	North Star CL-15 CL-28 CL-66 CL-215

Turboprops	CL-44 CL-84 CL-215T CL-415

Jets	CL-13 CL-30 CL-41 CL-52 CL-90 CL-219 CL-226 CF-5 CL-600 CL-601 CL-604 CL-605 CRJ

See also: Bombardier Aerospace Canadian Vickers

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