PREMIER SHIP

When it came to World War Two’s four-engined, long-range transports, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster was arguably in a league of its own — certainly, the best option for taking Winston Churchill on some of his last overseas visits as wartime Prime Minister. But its RAF service was brief RAF SKYMASTERS Winston Churchill steps off Skymaster EW999 at Berlin’s Gatow airfield, then the home of No 19 Staging Post, on 15 July 1945 prior to the Potsdam Conference NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND