title: List of Douglas DC-4 variants
text: # List of Douglas DC-4 variants
  
  This is a list of civil and military variants of the Douglas DC-4:
  
  ## Civil variants
  
  ### DC-4
  
      Initial prototype. One built.
  
  ### DC-4-1009
  
      Postwar passenger model. This civil model could carry up to 88 passengers.
  
  ### DC-4-1037
  
      Postwar freight model.
  
  ### DC-4A
  
      Civilian model designation for the C-54 Skymaster.
  
  ### DC-4M-1X North Star
  
      The initial prototype that was later part of the TCA order.
  
  ### DC-4M-2/3 North Star
  
      Four-engined civil transport aircraft for Trans Canada Airlines, powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 piston engines. A total of 20 built for Trans-Canada Airlines. Also known as the North Star M2-3.
     ### DC-4M-2/4 North Star
         Four-engined civil transport aircraft for Trans Canada Airlines, powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin 624 piston engines. Also known as the North Star M2-4.
        ### DC-4M-2/4C North Star
            DC-4M-2/4 North Star cargo conversions done between 1954-1961. Also known as the North Star M2-4C.
  
  ### DC-4M-1 North Star Mk M1
  
      Six aircraft operated by Trans Canada Airlines, on loan from the RCAF.
  
  ### C-4 Argonaut
  
      A total of 22 built for use by BOAC.
     ### North Star C-4-1
         Four aircraft identical to BOAC's Argonauts built to Canadian Pacific Airlines specifications. Also known as the Canadair Four
     ### North Star C-4-1C
         North Star C-4-1s converted into freight or cargo aircraft.
  
  ### C-5 North Star
  
      One RCAF VIP transport version powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial piston engines.
  
  ### CL-2
  
      Canadair model number for the DC-4M-1X, DC-4M-2/3, DC-4M-2/4 and C-54GM North Star.
  
  ### CL-4
  
      Canadair model number for the C-4 Argonaut and C-4-1 Canadair Four.
  
  ### CL-5
  
      Canadair model number for the sole C-5 North Star.
  
  ### Aviation Traders Carvair
  
      Starting in 1959, 21 DC-4s and C-54s found new life as ATL-98 Carvairs. The Carvair was designed to carry 22 passengers and five automobiles. This was accomplished by extending the fuselage, moving the cockpit above the fuselage, adding a side-opening nose, and enlarging the vertical stabilizer to offset the larger forward fuselage. These aircraft served as flying ferries well into the 1970s, and two are still airworthy as of March 2008 - one each in Texas and South Africa.
  
  ### DC-4 Swingtail
  
      A C-54B (c/n 10452) converted to a swing tail by Sabena for Air Congo. It flew for Air Congo and later Air Zaire from 1966 to 1976 and then sold to Zaire Air Service in 1976 and flew until 1984. Sold to Kinair Cargo and flew until it crashed in 1988.
  
  ## Military variants
  
  ### C-54
  
      First production variant adapted from DC-4, 24 built.
  
  ### C-54A
  
      First military version with strengthened airframe, increased fuel capacity, provision for passengers or cargo, Navy equivalent R5D-1, 252 built.
  
  ### MC-54A
  
      Optional designation for C-54As used for medical evacuation.
  
  ### ZC-54A
  
      Redesignation for "obsolete" C-54As.
  
  ### ZJC-54A
  
      One ZC-54A converted for flight testing.
  
  ### C-54B
  
      Increased fuel capacity in the wing, One was used by Winston Churchill, 220 built.
  
  ### VC-54C
  
      One C-54A converted as presidential transport version (Sacred Cow colloq.) delivered to Air Transport Command in June 1944 for Franklin D. Roosevelt and used by Harry Truman (officially retired July 1961, transferred to "National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution" on December 4, 1961)
  
  ### C-54D
  
      Same as C-54B but with R-2000-11 engines, 380 built.
  
  ### AC-54D
  
      Small number of aircraft modified with special electronic calibration and communications equipment. The aircraft were redesignated EC-54D.
  
  ### EC-54D
  
      Redesignation of the AC-54D.
  
  ### HC-54D Rescuemaster
  
      Redesignation of the SC-54D.
  
  ### JC-54D
  
      Nine C-54Ds temporary converted for missile tracking and nose-cone recovery.
  
  ### SC-54D
  
      38 aircraft converted by Convair, as search and rescue aircraft. Later redesignated HC-54D.
  
  ### TC-54D
  
      C-54Ds converted into multi-engine training aircraft.
  
  ### VC-54D
  
      C-54Ds converted into VIP transport aircraft.
  
  ### WC-54D
  
      C-54Ds converted for weather reconnaissance.
  
  ### C-54E
  
      Further revision to fuel tanks and provision for rapid conversion from passenger to cargo, 125 built.
  
  ### AC-54E
  
      C-54Es converted for airways calibration, redesignated EC-54E in 1962.
  
  ### EC-54E
  
      AC-54E redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### HC-54E
  
      SC-54E redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### SC-54E
  
      C-54E converted for air-sea rescue, redesignated HC-54E in 1962.
  
  ### VC-54E
  
      C-54Es converted as a staff transport.
  
  ### XC-54F
  
      Proposed experimental paratroop version, not built.
  
  ### C-54G
  
      Same as C-54E but with different version of the R2000 engine. 400 ordered of which 162 were completed, remainder cancelled.
  
  ### HC-54G
  
      SC-54G redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### JC-54G
  
      C-54Gs used for temporary testing.
  
  ### SC-54G
  
      C-54Gs converted for air-sea rescue, redesignated HC-54G in 1962.
  
  ### VC-54G
  
      C-54Gs converted into VIP/staff transport aircraft.
  
  ### C-54GM North Star Mk 1
  
      Four-engined military transport aircraft for the RCAF, powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin 620 piston engines. A total of 24 built for RCAF transport use, (the first six actually modified DC-4s).
     ### C-54GM North Star Mk M1 ST
         North Star Mk M1s converted into passenger transport aircraft.
  
  ### C-54H
  
      Paratroop transport. None built.
  
  ### C-54J
  
      Staff transport project, none built. Navy designation R5D-6.
  
  ### XC-54K
  
      Long range version, one aircraft built with Wright R-1820 engines.
  
  ### C-54L
  
      One C-54A aircraft tested in 1947 with an experimental fuel system.
  
  ### C-54M
  
      Specialized modification of C-54 to carry coal during the Berlin Airlift, 38 conversions.
  
  ### MC-54M
  
      Specialized modification of C-54E for medical evacuation, 30 conversions.
  
  ### VC-54M
  
      Single MC-54M converted to a VIP transport.
  
  ### VC-54N
  
      R5D-1Z redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### C-54P
  
      R5D-2 redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### VC-54P
  
      R5D-2Z redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### C-54Q
  
      R5D-3 redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### VC-54Q
  
      R5D-3Z redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### C-54R
  
      R5D-4R redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### C-54S
  
      R5D-5 redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### VC-54S
  
      R5D-5Z redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### C-54T
  
      R5D-5R redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### EC-54U
  
      R5D-4 redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### RC-54V
  
      R5D-3P redesignated in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-1
  
      56 C-54As transferred to the United States Navy.
  
  ### R5D-1C
  
      R5D-1s modified in US Navy service, with a fuel system based on the one used in the C-54B.
  
  ### R5D-1F
  
      Naval staff transport conversions of the R5D-1, redesignated R5D-1Z then VC-54N.
  
  ### R5D-1Z
  
      Interim designation of the R5D-1F.
  
  ### R5D-2
  
      30 C-54Bs transferred to the United States Navy, redesignated C-54P in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-2F
  
      Naval staff transport conversion of the R5D-2, redesignated R5D-2Z then VC-54P in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-2Z
  
      Interim designation of the R5D-2F.
  
  ### R5D-2-2
  
      R5D-2 converted to a radar and radio testbed with a dorsal mast and wingtip pods.
  
  ### R5D-3
  
      95 C-54Ds transferred to the United States Navy, redesignated C-54Q in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-3P
  
      Photo survey conversions of the R5D-3, redesignated RC-54V in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-3Z
  
      Naval staff transport conversions of the R5D-3, redesignated VC-54Q in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-4
  
      20 C-54Es transferred to the United States Navy, redesignated EC-54U in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-4R
  
      Passenger only conversion of the R5D-4, redesignated C-54R in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-5
  
      R5D-2 and R5D-3s re-engined to approximate C-54G standards, redesignated C-54S in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-5R
  
      Passenger only conversion of the R5D-5, redesignated C-54T in 1962, 86 conversion.
  
  ### R5D-5Z
  
      Staff transport conversion of the R5D-5, redesignated VC-54S in 1962.
  
  ### R5D-6
  
      Proposed USN version of the C-54J with passenger interior, not built.
  
  ### XC-112
  
      Pressurized variant of the C-54B with Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines. None built.
  
  ### XC-112A
  
      As XC-112. One built. Developed into DC-6 / C-118 family. Later redesignated YC-112A.
  
  ### XC-114
  
      Stretched C-54E powered by Allison V-1710 engines. One built.
  
  ### XC-115
  
      XC-114 with Packard V-1650 engines. None Built.
  
  ### YC-116
  
      XC-114 with thermal de-icing rather than rubber boots for testing, one built.
  
  ### Skymaster I
  
      Royal Air Force designation for 22 C-54Ds.
  