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The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was the military version of the DC-4 commercial transport and served as a propeller-driven aircraft in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Force and in the Korean War with the U.S. Air Force. Although primarily used for cargo transport, different versions also flew air-sea rescue, scientific, military research, and missile tracking and recovery missions. A C-54 also became the first presidential transport aircraft when President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the "Sacred Cow." During the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949, C-54s carried coal, food, and other supplies to blockaded West Berlin, and specially modified C-54Es designated C-54Ms hauled thousands of tons of coal. The surviving C-54M is the only one left from the original 38 M-models, and in 1989 it was delivered to the museum and painted in the World War II markings it wore at the end of the Berlin Airlift.
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