C-54 Skymaster MATS Experimental and Prototypes Despite this the 88 continued

Despite this the 88 continued to operate from rough sod airstrips

More than 700 were built

and since that time the aviation divisions of General Dynamics Corporation have confined their activities within the field of military aviation

Seventy-two-year-old William Boeing came back to visit his former company for the May 14

it was used extensively in the Pacific area for bombing Japanese airfields from treetop level and for strafing and skip bombing enemy shipping

C-54 Skymaster MATS Experimental and Prototypes Despite this the 88 continuedDouglas C 54 Skymaster MATS airplane model. The Douglas C 54 Skymaster was a four engine transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. Like the C 47 Skytrain, the C 54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner (the Douglas DC 4). C 54s began service with the Army Air Forces in 1942, carrying up to 26 passengers. (Later versions carried up to 50 passengers.) The U. S. Navy also acquired the type, under the