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 .

Transcontinental and Western Air Flight 277 was a C-54 Skymaster en route from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, to Washington, D.C., on June 20, 1944. The aircraft crashed on Fort Mountain, in Maine's Baxter State Park.

On June 12, 1944, pilot Maj. Henry T. “Hank” Myers traveled to the Douglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica, Calif., to pick up a new C-54 and deliver it to Washington National Airport, where it would be assigned to the 503rd Army Air Base Unit of the Air Transport Command. The unit was a precursor to today’s 89th Airlift Wing.

By mid-1945 the C-54 had come to symbolize the modern international airline system, a system that linked the entire world and reduced travel times from weeks and months to days and even hours. The C-54 was the result of a prewar civilian design that the Douglas Aircraft Company developed as a successor to its highly successful DC-3.

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster was destroyed in an accident near Paramaribo, Suriname. All 35 on board were killed. The airplane was operated by TWA on behalf of the USAAF's Air Transport Command. It was en route from the United States to North Africa. An intermediate stop was made in Trinidad because there were rumours of a possible bomb on board ...

The C-54D was similar to the "B" models, but had improved P&W R-2000-11 engines, delivering 1.350 hp each. A total of 380 were built, more than any other version. The C-54E retained its cargo door and was able to be quickly converted from cargo- to passenger configuration, seating 50 in canvas bucket seats.

2013年1月18日 · Once in Africa, Roosevelt boarded a TWA C-54 piloted by 35-year-old Captain Otis F. Bryan, who flew him from Bathurst, Gambia to Morocco. The trip back from Casablanca included a flyover of the...

2023年11月1日 · 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 ministers, and military staff. Dozens of variants of the C-54 were employed in a wide variety of non-combat roles such as air-sea rescue, scientific and military research, and missile tracking and recovery.

C-54A "SKYMASTER" 41-37227 20 JUNE 1944 FORT MOUNTAIN, NEAR MILLINOCKET NORTH ATLANTIC WING AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND: The aircraft was on a routine mail/cargo flight between England and Washington DC. It was manned by 6 civilian personnel from "Contract Carrier 16" (TWA), with one Army Air Force Sgt. aboard as a passenger.

C-54 Variants. C-54 was the original powerplant with four Pratt-Whitney R-2000-3 radial engines rated at 1350 hp. (24 aircraft built). C-54A is a militarized modification capable of carrying 50 military personnel, or 14742 kg (cargo, powered by four R-2000-7 radial engines with a capacity of 1350 hp (252 aircraft were built) ). 77 were built in ...