This early C-54, 41-20145, had a long career with Capital Airlines. Name reported as Capitaliner Knoxville or Capitaliner Nashville. Photo by: Arthur Thomas Spohn / Historic Pittsburgh

VH-TAB soon after its return from lease to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines as VH-BPB. It served with TAA until 1969 when it was sold to Air Vietnam. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales

CF-CPC was lost without trace on July 21, 1951 between Vancouver and Anchorage. Last report was to say the aircraft was 90 minutes from landing. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales

The first of three DC-4 airiners ordered by Iberia in January 1945 for delivery after the war. They enabled services from Madrid to South America via Villa Cisneros (Dakhla). EC-DAO to EC-ACD and G-BANP. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Built for the USAF as 43-17242 and entered service in September 1945. Flew with the Danish Air Force as N-242 from 1959 until 1978 and as C-GRYY with Millardair in Canada from 1978 -1991, Registered C9-ATS to Interocean Airways in Mozambique in 1991 and re-registered EL-AWX in 1997. Purchased by Phoebus Apollo in Jan 2000 and donated to the SAA museum at Rand in 2006.

A former C-54B, 42-72430, and Navy R5D-2, BuNo 39125, flying over Houston, Texas - a helpful Markle Steel Company building is below the nose in the uncropped photo. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Ex South African Air Force 6908. Seen taking off from Lanseria while operating for Transair Cargo of Zaire. Re-registered 3D-JHL in 1998 with TAC Air Services and later bought by Phoebus Apollo for spares. Broken up at Rand in 2006

KLM acquired six new DC-4 airliners in 1946. Named Rotterdam after delivery, PH-TAR flew the very first Amsterdam - New York service on 21 May. It was also the first KLM aircraft to wear The Flying Dutchman titles. Therefore, though the reg under the wing is tricky to read, this cannot be PH-TAP. We are pretty sure the tail on the left belongs to Dutch C-54A NL-313 as seen in photo 408646. Photo from: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Ex N48165, registered to Millardair as C-GQIA 24th May 1976 and after many years of faithful service the aircraft was de-registered 27th June 2006

Ex USAAF C-54G 45-606, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in 1947 (conversion #79) and delivered to Pan Am in May 1947. Returned to the USAF in 1954 as 45-606. Broken up at Davis-Monthan in 1973. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales

One of the C-54s acquired by KLM in 1945, and operated as military aircraft for some time. This aircraft was standing together with a DC-4 in full KLM colours which is almost certainly PH-TAR, not yet named. NL-313 was delivered to KLM at the end of 1945 and was registered in the Dutch Civilian Register on 8 January 1946 as PH-TAO but not painted on. NL-313 flew Amsterdam-New York on 27/29 March 1946. It then returned to Amsterdam. Another flight on 13/14 April 1946 continued on to Santa Monica. It then went to Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore, for conversion to seat 42 passengers. It was re-registered PJ-ALK and arrived on 2 November 1946 in Curacao. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Instiution

Looking very pretty just one day out of the paint shop.

Inaugural service. CF-CPR crashed landing in bad weather at Tokyo-Haneda on February 9, 1950. Overran runway into bay. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales

Registered from March 1958 to 1960. It then flew with a multitude of operators in various countries until it met its fate as N8060C on 19 November 1979. While carrying 15000 lbs of marijuana, it struck trees and crashed in flames attempting to land on a grass strip at McCormick/SC.