TWA (Trans World
Airline) Douglas DC-4 NC45346
(c/n 27350)
TWA used its DC-4s primarily on the
North African route from New York to Cairo. As explained
under
the entry for the post war DC-3, the airline was known as the "Trans World Airline" until
1950, when the
corporate name was changed from Transcontinental & Western Air to
Trans World
Airlines. The images on this page
are circa 1947 and show the DC-4 in the livery of that day. The
smart
looking crew members seen above would all be in their late 70s or 80s
by now. However, if
anyone
recognizes themselves and would like an enlargement of this print, I
would be happy to send
it to
them. "The Acropolis"
was built as a C-54E-15-DO for the USAAF (serial 44-9126) and was,
in fact,
the second conversion from C-54 to DC-4 status performed by Douglas at
Santa Monica in
1945. A color shot of it appears at the foot of the
page. It flew with non-sked carrier US Overeas
Airlines in
the 1950s, was repossessed in the 1960s and
was finally broken up at Wildwood, New
Jersey in
1977. The
aircraft below is still wearing an
experimental registration (for conversion from
military to civil
standard testing purposes). It was later named "The Taj Mahal". It led a very
varied
career after leaving TWA in 1957, going first to Jordan International
Airlines as JY-ABD.
Douglas DC-4
NX45341
(c/n 27318)
Douglas DC-4
N45346
(c/n 27350)
