douglasc54eskymaster

Douglas VC-54E (C-54E-1-DO) Skymaster, USAAF Ser. No. 44-9027 (c/n 27253), "Bataan," Gen. Douglas MacArthur's (USA) personal aircraft.

Douglas C-54E-15-DO Skymaster 44-9113 c/n 27339-DO285, possibly converted to VC-54E or M, then to MC-54M in 1951.

Wonderful aircrafts ^___^

The aircraft in the foreground had a very interesting history. As per the Logbook Magazine Database: www.logbookmag.com/databases/articles.asp?ID=93&CatID=47 "NC90905, Douglas DC-4 (Douglas C-54 Skymaster), Clipper Munich, notes: c/n 27344, originally delivered to the U. S. Army Air Force as a Douglas C-54E-15-DO Skymaster, Serial Number 44-9118, on 8 May 1945. After being transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation it was purchased by American Overseas Airlines on 24 November 1945, and named Flagship Glasgow and later renamed Flagship Berlin. It later went to Pan Am on 25 September 1950, when Pan Am bought American Overseas Airlines. It was first named Clipper Munich, then Clipper Frankfurt and finally Clipper Mermaid. The C-54E was then sold to an aircraft broker before being purchased by the Spanish military, registered T.4-11. It eventually crashed on 9 August 1976, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain."

TVL1970: Thank you so much for this complete information about the American aircraft. Very interesting history indeed! I'll add it to our photo database. /Anna B.

This is a great record shot!

very neat, beautiful old planes!

Info from Joe Baugher's website. 44-9030 Douglas C-54E-1-DO Skymaster MSN 27256 Converted to C-54M. To MASDC Jul 26, 1965. Returned to service with Air National Guard Apr 1967. Dropped from USAF inventory and transferred to FBI Academy for Sky Marshal Training. Declared surplus by FBI and transferred to Dover AFB Museum (now Air Mobility Command Museum) and now on display at Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware as a C-54M