Douglas C-54 Skymaster

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The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Douglas C-54 Skymaster canonical 11
C-54 Skymaster 5
Douglas DC-4 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf four‑engine propeller-driven aircraft ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ
civilianVariant Douglas DC-4 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed approximately 190 mph ⓘ
developedFrom Douglas DC-4 ⓘ
engineCount 4 ⓘ
engineModel Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1942-02-14 ⓘ
height approximately 27 ft 6 in ⓘ
introduced 1942 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length approximately 93 ft 10 in ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 275 mph ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight approximately 73,000 lb ⓘ
NATOReportingName Skymaster ⓘ
notableUse major participant in the Berlin Airlift ⓘ
primary long‑range transport for U.S. forces in World War II ⓘ
numberBuilt over 1,100 ⓘ
pressurization unpressurized cabin ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
range over 4,000 km ⓘ
role VIP transport ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ
long‑range transport ⓘ
medical evacuation aircraft ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
status retired from military service ⓘ
successor Douglas C-118 Liftmaster ⓘ
Lockheed C-121 Constellation ⓘ
usedBy Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
usedInConflict Berlin Airlift ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingspan approximately 117 ft 6 in ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → usedAircraft → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Operation Vittles → uses → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Air Transport Command → aircraftUsed → Douglas C‑54 Skymaster ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Hump → notableAircraftType → C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Trans World Airlines → fleetType → Douglas DC-4 ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Douglas C-54 Skymaster → developedFrom → Douglas DC-4 ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express → successor → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Waco CG-4 → tugAircraft → C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
subject linked to: Waco CG-4 glider
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Aluminum Trail → aircraftTypeUsed → C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp → usedOnAircraft → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Skymaster → hasNATOReportingNameFor → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Skymaster → refersTo → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Douglas DC-4 → militaryDesignation → C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. → notableWork → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
subject linked to: Donald
No. 33 Squadron RAAF → operatedAircraft → Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
Halyard Mission → aircraftUsed → C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Operation Air Bridge → usedTransport → C-54 transport aircraft ⓘ
linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster