C-54 Skymaster (multiple)

Here are some photos I took of some examples of the Douglas C-54D Skymaster on display at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, Ariz., during a visit in the spring of 2017 and at March AFB in 2018. The example at Pima is a veteran of the Berlin Airlift in 1949, and wears the markings of that campaign although many modifications were made afterward.

The specially modified VC-54C “Sacred Cow” was built to transport Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The C-54 is the military version of the DC-4 commercial aircraft.


C-54D Skymaster 42-72488

Pima Air Museum 2017


C-54Q Skymaster 56514

March AFB 2018


C-54 D/Q Skymaster 42-72592

South Dakota Air Museum 2021


1945 C-54G-DC Skymaster #36067/461

Douglas, Georgia 2024


C-54G Skymaster 45-0579

Robins AFB 2024


R5D-4/C-54E Skymaster 44-9137 (#90407)

Castle AFB, Atwater CA 2024