List of Douglas DC-4 operators

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

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

Civil operators

 Aden
 Algeria
 Antigua and Barbuda
  • Seagreen Air Transport [1]
Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 at Ministro Pistarini Airport, Argentina, 1958.
 Argentina
 Australia
 Barbados
  • Carib West Airways
 Belgium
 Bolivia
  • Frigorifico Reyes
 Burundi
 Cameroon
 Canada
 Chad
 Republic of China
 Colombia
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Denmark
 Ecuador
  • Aerovias Ecuatorianas[3]
 El Salvador
 France
 Gabon
 Germany
 Greece
 Guatemala
 Hong Kong
 India
 Iceland
 Ireland
 Israel
 Italy
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Japan
 Kenya,  Uganda,  Tanganyika and  Zanzibar
 Lebanon
 Luxembourg
 Madagascar
 Mauritania
 Mexico
 The Netherlands
 Nicaragua
  • LANICA (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua S.A.)
 Niger
 Norway
 Panama
 Paraguay
  • Paraguayan Airways Service
  • Lloyd Aéreo Paraguayo S.A.
 Peru
 Philippines
 South Africa
 South Korea
 South Vietnam
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Syria
  • Syrian Airways[1]
 Thailand
 United Kingdom
Ardco C-54 (DC-4) air tanker landing at Fox Field, Lancaster, California, 2003
 United States
 Venezuela

Notes

Military operators

(Douglas C-54 unless specified)

 Argentina
 Belgium
 Bolivia
 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
  • 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
 Chad
 Colombia
 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
 Dominican Republic
  • Fuerza Aérea Dominicana - Photographic evidence of two aircraft registered 3105 –named 'San Isidro'– and 3106. Unknown origin.
 El Salvador
 Ethiopia
 France
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Iceland
 Israel
 Mexico
Netherlands East Indies
 Niger
 Peru
 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.[12] In 1965 ten former USAF HC-54Ds were obtained with an additional four as spares.
 Rhodesia
 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)[12]
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
 South Africa
 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
 Turkey
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Venezuela
 Zimbabwe

See also

References

Notes
  1. Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.
  2. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.551
  3. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.552
  4. Douglas DC-4 Tankers Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Enter "C54" in "Model name" Archived 2008-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.554
  7. http://www.vayuaerospace.in/article.html?n=a-second-chance-from-vayudoot-to-udan,-25-years-on&d=6
  8. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.556
  9. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.557
  10. Flight International, 10 April 1969, p.561
  11. Roach 1991, p. 164
  12. Roach 1991, p. 158
  13. Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 63. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.
  14. Roach 1991, p. 165
  15. John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, (Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, 1982), p. 238.
  16. Roach 1991, p. 159
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