Douglas C-54 Skymaster
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The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Douglas C-54 Skymaster canonical | 5 |
| C-54 Skymaster | 3 |
| Douglas DC-4 | 2 |
| Douglas C‑54 Skymaster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T753170 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Douglas C-54 Skymaster Context triple: [The Hump airlift over the Himalayas, usedAircraft, Douglas C-54 Skymaster]
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A.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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B.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
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C.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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D.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Beechcraft King Air
The Beechcraft King Air is a family of twin-turboprop utility aircraft widely used around the world for military, government, and civilian transport, training, and special-mission roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Douglas C-54 Skymaster Target entity description: The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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A.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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B.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
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C.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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D.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Beechcraft King Air
The Beechcraft King Air is a family of twin-turboprop utility aircraft widely used around the world for military, government, and civilian transport, training, and special-mission roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
four‑engine propeller-driven aircraft
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military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| civilianVariant | Douglas DC-4 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 190 mph ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Douglas DC-4
|
| engineCount | 4 ⓘ |
| engineModel | Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp ⓘ |
| engineType | radial piston engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1942-02-14 ⓘ |
| height | approximately 27 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| introduced | 1942 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | approximately 93 ft 10 in ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 275 mph ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 73,000 lb ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Skymaster ⓘ |
| notableUse |
major participant in the Berlin Airlift
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primary long‑range transport for U.S. forces in World War II ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 1,100 ⓘ |
| pressurization | unpressurized cabin ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Royal Air Force
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United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| range | over 4,000 km ⓘ |
| role |
VIP transport
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cargo transport ⓘ long‑range transport ⓘ medical evacuation aircraft ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| status | retired from military service ⓘ |
| successor |
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
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Lockheed C‑69 Constellation ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed C-121 Constellation
|
| usedBy |
Canada
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France ⓘ Israel ⓘ Portugal ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| usedInConflict |
Berlin Airlift
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Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 117 ft 6 in ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Douglas C-54 Skymaster Description of subject: The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.