List of Douglas DC-4 operators

(Douglas C-54 unless specified)

Argentina

Belgium

Belgian Air Force - One former R5D1 from 1950–1971, also operated one DC-4.^[1]^[9]

Bolivia

TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar - one former USAF VC-54D and one C-54G both bought in 1973.^[10]

Brazil

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

Cambodia

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.

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair North Star

Chad

Chadian Air Force - received from France in 1976^[11]

Colombia

Colombian Air Force^[1]

Cuba

Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba - Photographic evidence of one registered 614. There are reports of a second one registered 615. Unknown origin.

Denmark

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

Dominican Republic

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

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.^[10]

France

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]

Guatemala

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

Honduras

Honduras Air Force

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.^[9]

Niger

Niger 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.^[10] 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)^[10]

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.^[9]

United Kingdom

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.

United States

Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force - One C-54A 1949-1955.^[13]

Zimbabwe

Notes

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.552

^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.554

^ "Case Study The Indian Scene, circa 1975". Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review. August 20, 2018.

^ ^a ^b Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.556

^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.557

^ Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.561

^ ^a ^b ^c Roach 1991, p. 164

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roach 1991, p. 158

^ Cooper, Grandolini & Delalande 2015, p. 34

^ Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 63. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.

^ ^a ^b Roach 1991, p. 165

^ John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 238.

^ Roach 1991, p. 159

Bibliography

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Blewett, R. Survivors. Coulsden, UK: Aviation Classics, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9530413-4-3.
Cooper, Tom; Grandolini, Albert; Delalande, Arnaud (2015). Libyan Air Wars, Part 1: 1973-1985. Helion & Company Publishing. ISBN 978-1-909982-39-0.
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Francillon, René (1979). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-87021-428-4.
Pearcy, Arthur. Douglas Propliners: DC-1–DC-7. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-85310-261-X.
Pickler, Ron and Larry Milberry. Canadair: The First 50 Years. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1995. ISBN 0-921022-07-7.
Milberry, Larry. The Canadair North Star. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1982. ISBN 0-07-549965-7.
Yenne, Bill (1985). McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants. Greenwich, Connecticut: Bison Books. ISBN 0-517-44287-6.
The PSA History/Oldtimers Page [1]

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