Aircraft douglas dc 4 mountain. From 1945 many civil airlines operated the dc 4 worldwide. A douglas dc 4 1009 passenger plane registered f bbdo was destroyed in an accident 12 km n of buea cameroon. There were 23 passengers and six crew members on board. A douglas dc 4 1009 passenger plane registered se bbg was damaged beyond repair in an accident at mount hymettus greece.
The dc 4 showed that it too could chase the sun. Douglas aircraft company created the dc 4 to fulfill united airlines request for a long range passenger airliner. With a wingspan of 138 ft and nearly three times heavier than the dc 3 the dc 4 could carry 42 passengers as a day plane and 30 passengers as a sleeper. The douglas dc 4 is a piston engine airliner and transport aircraft built by the douglas aircraft company from 1942 to 1947.
Peter peyer date. The airplane operated on a flight from douala airport dla to niamey airport nim. The douglas dc 4 is a four engine long range airliner with a capacity of maximum 50 passengers and a military utility transport aircraft produced by the us american manufacturer douglas aircraft companythe military main variant was the c 54 skymaster. It crashed into a 7000 high mountain after a series of navigational errors by the crew on may 15th 1960 in sudan killing all 12 on board.
Douglas dc 4 1009 43093. Douglas dc 4 registration. The douglas dc 4 is a four engine piston propeller driven airliner developed by the douglas aircraft companymilitary versions of the plane the c 54 and r5d served during world war ii in the berlin airlift and into the 1960s. The aircraft went to balair in 1959.
The type was originally designed as a commercial airliner but until the end of world war ii all were built as military transportsafter the war many of these military aircraft were converted into commercial transports. Somewhere over the bernese swiss alps mountain range photographer. Geneve purchased new by swissair in 1946 for chf 2259000.