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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 ...
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 ...
This aircraft crashed near Wright Field, Ohio (USA), on 9 July 1943 after a midair collision with an Lockheed C-40A (s/n 38-546, c/n 1263). The two planes were flying in a formation so that the C-40A could photograph the dropping of a dummy combat tank from the C-54. After the tank was released, the C-40A made a quick turn to the left, striking ...
A 1945-built C-54 (C-54E-5-DO) c/n 27289, USAAF serial 44-9063, was recovered from Reconstruction Finance Corporation by Douglas aircraft for conversion to DC-4. It served with Pan American World Airways from 1946 to 1952 as NC-88887, then with a succession of carriers and private owners until retired in 1989 as N88887.
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 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown was an incident on 23 July 1954, when a Cathay Pacific Airways DC-4/C-54 [4] airliner was shot down by Chinese Air Force fighter aircraft. The event occurred off the coast of Hainan Island , where the plane was en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong, killing 10 of 19 passengers and crew on board.
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 ...
The 1952 Tacoma C-54 crash was an aviation accident involving a Douglas C-54G Skymaster of the United States Air Force, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, November 28 1952, near McChord Field in the vicinity of Tacoma , resulting in the deaths of 37 people.