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On 26 January 1950, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster serial number 42-72469 disappeared en route from Alaska to Montana, with 44 people aboard. [1] [2] The aircraft made its last radio contact two hours into its eight-hour flight. Despite one of the largest rescue efforts carried out by a joint effort between Canadian and US military forces, no trace ...
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. Besides transport of cargo, the C-54 also carried presidents, prime ...
A C-54 crashed at Hacienda del Cesar at Valledupar, Colombia while carrying marijuana, killing the three crew. [195] 16 December 1978 A C-54 crashed and burned in Cesar Department, Colombia while attempting to land at a hacienda, killing the pilot, who was found burned in the wreckage. The aircraft was carrying marijuana. [196] 19 November 1979
The C-54 took off from El Palomar on October 31, 1965 to the Military Aviation School. The crew consisted of 9 members; 5 officers and 54 cadets, thus totaling 68 occupants. The training flight would take them to San Francisco. During the trip, a second Douglas DC-4 was used, the TC-43 that carried the rest of the promotion.
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A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane carrying two people crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said. The plane took off in the morning from ...
Spirit of Freedom, a Douglas C-54 that supported the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s, sits in pieces behind the Aviator Brewing Company’s brewery in Fuquay-Varina. The plane will be reassembled ...
Douglas DC-3-209A NC18951, Ship #377 collided in mid-air with USAAF C-53 41-20116 near Kansas City, Missouri due to ATC errors; the DC-3 lost control, hit several small trees and crashed while the C-53 was able to land safely at Kansas City Municipal Airport despite a portion of the right wing missing. All on board both aircraft survived.