L-Birds ...
Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:22 pm
... LOTS of em!!! and some good one's here IMHO. Everything Fold3 had in their archives that I could dig up so maybe there's a few some of you haven't seen yet. Hopefully the information is relatively correct, if not I'm sure you Liaison folk will correct them. Sit back and enjoy the show. 
Part 1 of many (keep checking in)
Vultee L-5 'Sentinels' Lined Up On An Air Strip In Burma In Preperation For An Air Show. 1 August 1945
Vultee L-5s in formation. SSgt. Richard D. Houston is piloting Guinea Short Lines. NEW GUINEA
Vultee L-5S Of The 1St Air Commando Group Are Gassed From A Portable Refueling Unit At Ye-U, Burma. January 1945
Vultee L-5 'Sentinel' Over Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto
Vultee L-5 'Sentinel' Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron, 10Th Army, Taking Off From Field Number 10, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto
Vultee L-5 Pilots Of The 1St Air Commando Group Standing In Front Of An L-1 Plane Which Is Used For Evacuation Of Wounded
Vultee L-5 Of Flight 'A', 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army, On Line At Cub Field No. 10 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 1945
Vultee L-5 Guinea Short Lines being refueled at Valencia Airstrip, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Vultee L-5 carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip-3
Vultee L-5 carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip
View Of Vultee L-5 Sentinel En Route To Photographic Mission
V-2 with L-5's in the background
Refueling A Vultee L-5 On Airstrip At Myitkyina, Burma. 1944
Rover Joe A Gound-Air Tactical Method Used By Mediterranean Allied Air Forces To Coordinate Fighter-Bombers And Infantry Action In The Mountain Approaches
Stinson (Vultee) L-5 of the First Tactical Air Force (Provisional), France, February, 1945
Stinson L-1 Serial Number 41-18976by JHGray on March 15, 2011
Stinson L1 Vigilant on floats
Part 1 of many (keep checking in)
Vultee L-5 'Sentinels' Lined Up On An Air Strip In Burma In Preperation For An Air Show. 1 August 1945
Vultee L-5s in formation. SSgt. Richard D. Houston is piloting Guinea Short Lines. NEW GUINEA
Vultee L-5S Of The 1St Air Commando Group Are Gassed From A Portable Refueling Unit At Ye-U, Burma. January 1945
Vultee L-5 'Sentinel' Over Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto
Vultee L-5 'Sentinel' Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron, 10Th Army, Taking Off From Field Number 10, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto
Vultee L-5 Pilots Of The 1St Air Commando Group Standing In Front Of An L-1 Plane Which Is Used For Evacuation Of Wounded
Vultee L-5 Of Flight 'A', 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army, On Line At Cub Field No. 10 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 1945
Vultee L-5 Guinea Short Lines being refueled at Valencia Airstrip, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Vultee L-5 carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip-3
Vultee L-5 carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip
View Of Vultee L-5 Sentinel En Route To Photographic Mission
V-2 with L-5's in the background
Refueling A Vultee L-5 On Airstrip At Myitkyina, Burma. 1944
Rover Joe A Gound-Air Tactical Method Used By Mediterranean Allied Air Forces To Coordinate Fighter-Bombers And Infantry Action In The Mountain Approaches
Stinson (Vultee) L-5 of the First Tactical Air Force (Provisional), France, February, 1945
Stinson L-1 Serial Number 41-18976by JHGray on March 15, 2011
Stinson L1 Vigilant on floats
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:36 pm
Part 2
Stinson OY-1 (possibly BuNo 60508) assigned to Marine Observation Squadron Two (VMO-2) I belive this is Iwo Jima with the first B-29 landing there.
The pilot of L-5B 44-17003 of the 163rd Liaison Squadron lost control taking off downwind at Cub Strip #10, Okinawa
Stinson O-49A Vigilant
The Sikorsky Yr-4 Helicopter, While On A Rescue Mission, Ran Short Of Gas As It Approached Sinkaling Hkamti, Burma
The ramp at Beasely Field, Okinawa holds the newly arrived L-5s of the 157th Liaison Squadron, just in from the Philippines on 9 July 1945
The Vultee L-5 hugs the mountains in China as it goes out on a mission over the Salween front
The Vultee L-5 plane in the foreground has just landed at the base in Poashan, China
This Vultee L-5 Crash Landed On Cub Field #7 During Test To Determine The Area Necessary To Land The Plane Or To Take Off. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 1945
Two Vultee L-5 'Sentinels' Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron, 10Th Army In Flight Over Okinawa Ryukyu Retto
Stinson OY-1 (possibly BuNo 60508) assigned to Marine Observation Squadron Two (VMO-2) I belive this is Iwo Jima with the first B-29 landing there.
The pilot of L-5B 44-17003 of the 163rd Liaison Squadron lost control taking off downwind at Cub Strip #10, Okinawa
Stinson O-49A Vigilant
The Sikorsky Yr-4 Helicopter, While On A Rescue Mission, Ran Short Of Gas As It Approached Sinkaling Hkamti, Burma
The ramp at Beasely Field, Okinawa holds the newly arrived L-5s of the 157th Liaison Squadron, just in from the Philippines on 9 July 1945
The Vultee L-5 hugs the mountains in China as it goes out on a mission over the Salween front
The Vultee L-5 plane in the foreground has just landed at the base in Poashan, China
This Vultee L-5 Crash Landed On Cub Field #7 During Test To Determine The Area Necessary To Land The Plane Or To Take Off. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 1945
Two Vultee L-5 'Sentinels' Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron, 10Th Army In Flight Over Okinawa Ryukyu Retto
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:37 pm
There are more pictures there as well... Most of 'em are pretty hard to find, though.
Ryan
Ryan
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:49 pm
There sure is and they sure are ...
8R ID letters on these Stinson L-5s denote their assignment to the 153rd Liaison Squadron
42-99552 Stinson L-5 Sentinel (to RAF as Sentinel I KJ391. SOC Oct 28, 1945)
43-30338 (Piper L-4H Grasshoppers
91St Bomb Group Base In Bassingbourne, England
125th Liaison Squadron L-5
125th Liaison Squadron L-5
157th Liason Sq L-5
Aerial View Of Group Of Vultee L-5'S
A Vultee L-5 Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Takes Off From Cub Field No. 7 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. This Squadron Is Attached To The 10Th Army. 1945
A Vultee L-5 Carries An Infantryman To The Front Lines Near Bhamo, Burma. 2 December 1944
A Radio Equipped Vultee L-5 Of The 9Th Af Tactical Air Liaison Section With The Us 3Rd Army Reports On Enemy Targets During A Flight Across The Rhine
163rd Liaison Squadron's move from Hawaii to Okinawa, March 1945
8R ID letters on these Stinson L-5s denote their assignment to the 153rd Liaison Squadron
42-99552 Stinson L-5 Sentinel (to RAF as Sentinel I KJ391. SOC Oct 28, 1945)
43-30338 (Piper L-4H Grasshoppers
91St Bomb Group Base In Bassingbourne, England
125th Liaison Squadron L-5
125th Liaison Squadron L-5
157th Liason Sq L-5
Aerial View Of Group Of Vultee L-5'S
A Vultee L-5 Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Takes Off From Cub Field No. 7 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. This Squadron Is Attached To The 10Th Army. 1945
A Vultee L-5 Carries An Infantryman To The Front Lines Near Bhamo, Burma. 2 December 1944
A Radio Equipped Vultee L-5 Of The 9Th Af Tactical Air Liaison Section With The Us 3Rd Army Reports On Enemy Targets During A Flight Across The Rhine
163rd Liaison Squadron's move from Hawaii to Okinawa, March 1945
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:58 pm
Mark, thanks for posting those photos. Did you happen to see any stateside 1941/1942 L bird photos on that site. I have been looking in vain for 18 months for any photos of Aeronca O-58A aircraft and it seems none exist. If you happen to run across any I would sure love to see them.
Steve
Steve
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:01 pm
Part 4
Base Flight Section, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 23 April 1945
An L-5 Lands At The Ville Coublay Airfield While The 818 Engr. Avn. Bn. Is Still Completing The Runway For Heavier And Faster Craft
An Inprovised Bomb Shackle On An L-4 Airplane That Flies In Support Of The 158Th Infantry. The Bombs Are Bazookz Shells. January 1945
Aeronca L-3B 42-36119 in the area of the 29th Air Service Group, South Pacific, late 1943
Aeronca L-16
Base Flight Section, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 23 April 1945
An L-5 Lands At The Ville Coublay Airfield While The 818 Engr. Avn. Bn. Is Still Completing The Runway For Heavier And Faster Craft
An Inprovised Bomb Shackle On An L-4 Airplane That Flies In Support Of The 158Th Infantry. The Bombs Are Bazookz Shells. January 1945
Aeronca L-3B 42-36119 in the area of the 29th Air Service Group, South Pacific, late 1943
Aeronca L-16
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:09 pm
There's a couple of sites I'm looking at so I'll see what I can find as far as state side stuff. I've alotted myself only an hour a day to play around with old photos and warbird websites. 
Cub plane which will be used for artillery observation, being unloaded from an LST, during landing operations near New Guinea. 2 January 1944
France-1st Lt. John J. Donnelan of New York, a pilot of a Piper L-4 Cub
How a Stinson L-5 normally arrived in a combat theater in a crate
How a Stinson L-5 normally arrived in a combat theater in a crate
Cub Landing Strip Approx. 2 Miles South Of Passo Futa, Italy
C-64 Getting Ready To Take Off From Rosales Airstrip
Cub plane which will be used for artillery observation, being unloaded from an LST, during landing operations near New Guinea. 2 January 1944
France-1st Lt. John J. Donnelan of New York, a pilot of a Piper L-4 Cub
How a Stinson L-5 normally arrived in a combat theater in a crate
How a Stinson L-5 normally arrived in a combat theater in a crate
Cub Landing Strip Approx. 2 Miles South Of Passo Futa, Italy
C-64 Getting Ready To Take Off From Rosales Airstrip
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:21 pm
Part 6
Italy, Holding The Poles Bearing The Message Cord And Message Bag For Air-Ground Message Pick Up
L-5 42-98417 of the 5th Liaison Squadron. Large 6 plane-in-squadron number may indicate previous assignment to the 115th Liaison Squadron
L-5 42-98700 Frisco Kitty assigned to TSGT Milo Elliott, 25th Liaison Squadron Guinea Short Lines
L-5 42-99481, 25th Liaison Squadron Guinea Short Lines, 12 May 1945
L-5 42-99544 was bailed to the Royal Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program with RAF serial KJ403. It is fitted here with the Brodie System for retrival
L-5 42-99544 was bailed to the Royal Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program with RAF serial KJ403. It is fitted here with the Brodie System for retrival
L-5 42-99544 was bailed to the Royal Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program with RAF serial KJ403. It is fitted here with the Brodie System for retrival
Italy, Holding The Poles Bearing The Message Cord And Message Bag For Air-Ground Message Pick Up
L-5 42-98417 of the 5th Liaison Squadron. Large 6 plane-in-squadron number may indicate previous assignment to the 115th Liaison Squadron
L-5 42-98700 Frisco Kitty assigned to TSGT Milo Elliott, 25th Liaison Squadron Guinea Short Lines
L-5 42-99481, 25th Liaison Squadron Guinea Short Lines, 12 May 1945
L-5 42-99544 was bailed to the Royal Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program with RAF serial KJ403. It is fitted here with the Brodie System for retrival
L-5 42-99544 was bailed to the Royal Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program with RAF serial KJ403. It is fitted here with the Brodie System for retrival
L-5 42-99544 was bailed to the Royal Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program with RAF serial KJ403. It is fitted here with the Brodie System for retrival
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:31 pm
Part 7
L-5 Is Preparing To Mark The Target With Smoke
L-5 over the Philippine Islands
L-5 serial 42-99518 was part of a batch of ten 'Sentinels' 99512-521 bailed to the NavyMarines
L-5B 42-99637 Angel of Mercy of the 1st Air Commando Group, a War Bond purchase aircraft donated by students of Parkman School in Detroit
L-5B 42-99640 of the 1st Air Commando Group
L-5B 42-99703 of the 160th Liaison Squadron
L-5B 44-16761 of the 157th Liaison Squadron Phillipiens
L-5 Is Preparing To Mark The Target With Smoke
L-5 over the Philippine Islands
L-5 serial 42-99518 was part of a batch of ten 'Sentinels' 99512-521 bailed to the NavyMarines
L-5B 42-99637 Angel of Mercy of the 1st Air Commando Group, a War Bond purchase aircraft donated by students of Parkman School in Detroit
L-5B 42-99640 of the 1st Air Commando Group
L-5B 42-99703 of the 160th Liaison Squadron
L-5B 44-16761 of the 157th Liaison Squadron Phillipiens
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:40 pm
Part 8
L-5B 44-16761 of the 157th Liaison Squadron. carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip
L-5B 44-17007 of the 163rd Liaison Squadron, Okinawa
L-5S Of The 160Th Liaison Squadron Were Used To Evacuate Medical Patients From Forward Areas To Nielson Field, Manila, Philippines
Line-Up Of Vultee L-5 Planes At Liuchow Air Base, China In July 1945, After Its Re-Occupation By The Allies
Lt. Alfred W. Schultz, Waterloo, Iowa, Pilot, Holds The Air-Ground Pick-Up Equipment Used By The 3Rd Prov. Pack Battery While At The Front
Luzon, Philippine Islands - By Ambulance The Wounded Are Brought Out Of The Front From And Aid Station To The Forward Strip To Meet The Vultee L-5
Luzon, Philippine Islands-Landing strip for Vultee L-5 evacuation planes
L-5B 44-16761 of the 157th Liaison Squadron. carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip
L-5B 44-17007 of the 163rd Liaison Squadron, Okinawa
L-5S Of The 160Th Liaison Squadron Were Used To Evacuate Medical Patients From Forward Areas To Nielson Field, Manila, Philippines
Line-Up Of Vultee L-5 Planes At Liuchow Air Base, China In July 1945, After Its Re-Occupation By The Allies
Lt. Alfred W. Schultz, Waterloo, Iowa, Pilot, Holds The Air-Ground Pick-Up Equipment Used By The 3Rd Prov. Pack Battery While At The Front
Luzon, Philippine Islands - By Ambulance The Wounded Are Brought Out Of The Front From And Aid Station To The Forward Strip To Meet The Vultee L-5
Luzon, Philippine Islands-Landing strip for Vultee L-5 evacuation planes
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:52 pm
Part 10
Luzon, Philippine Islands-This flying Sergeant, by his Vultee L-5, will fly this wounded soldier from this forward airstrip
MAJ Jack Blohm's ski-equipped L-4J (serial 44-80091) lands at the 30th infantry Division strip at Spa, Belgium
Mechanics Put Landing Gear On A Vultee L-5'S Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army
Men Attach A Wing To One Of The Vultee L-5 Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army
Men Of The 11Th Airborne Division Are Seen As They Prepare A Liaison Plane For Loading Into A Douglas C-54 Of The Air Transport Command
O-46 flown by 2Lt Gladen 44th FS to carry woulded and medical supplies during the invasion of New Georgia 8-43
On the night of 12 March 1945, a tornado rolled through Kalaikunda airstrip, Kharagpur, India
Philippine Islands. MSgt. Wainman, Vultee L-5 pilot posing next to his plane which is used to evacuate wounded men from forward areas
Philippine Islands. Vutee L-5 which brought patients into Rosales airstrip from forward areas
Luzon, Philippine Islands-This flying Sergeant, by his Vultee L-5, will fly this wounded soldier from this forward airstrip
MAJ Jack Blohm's ski-equipped L-4J (serial 44-80091) lands at the 30th infantry Division strip at Spa, Belgium
Mechanics Put Landing Gear On A Vultee L-5'S Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army
Men Attach A Wing To One Of The Vultee L-5 Of The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Attached To The 10Th Army
Men Of The 11Th Airborne Division Are Seen As They Prepare A Liaison Plane For Loading Into A Douglas C-54 Of The Air Transport Command
O-46 flown by 2Lt Gladen 44th FS to carry woulded and medical supplies during the invasion of New Georgia 8-43
On the night of 12 March 1945, a tornado rolled through Kalaikunda airstrip, Kharagpur, India
Philippine Islands. MSgt. Wainman, Vultee L-5 pilot posing next to his plane which is used to evacuate wounded men from forward areas
Philippine Islands. Vutee L-5 which brought patients into Rosales airstrip from forward areas
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:58 pm
And a pretty groovy shot here ....
Ground Crew Of A Cub Tells Boeing B-17 Ground Crew Chief Of Part Played By The Cub In Spotting Planes For Bombers On Raids. England
Ground Crew Of A Cub Tells Boeing B-17 Ground Crew Chief Of Part Played By The Cub In Spotting Planes For Bombers On Raids. England
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:07 pm
First pix in part 7, note the bomb shackles on both planes
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:29 pm
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:48 pm
Thanks, Mark 