L-5 and L-4 Photos

[Taylor Stevenson]

Here are a few L-5 and L-4 photos from my collection:

L-5's:





Capt. Willis J Schalliol Stinson L-5E Sentinel 44-17760 "Doc" and Piper L-4 "Jake"


Stinson L-5E Sentinel 44-18152 Kumagaya Japan 1st Cav. Division


Stinson L-5E Sentinel 44-18141 Camp Drake Japan 1st Cav. Division


Early Stinson L-5 Sentinel "Lollie May"

L-4's:



Piper L-4 Burma


Piper L-4 Sendai Flying School


Piper L-4 Over Yenomi


Piper L-4 (Near) and Stinson L-5 Sentinel (Far) Airbase Japan

I visited Cowtown Aerocrafters in Justin TX. today. What amazing work! It got me in the mood to post a few L-Bird photos.

Enjoy!

Taylor Stevenson

[mustangdriver]

Really sweet pics.

[retroaviation]

Cool shots, Taylor. Keep 'em coming.

Gary

[Tom Swindle]

Taylor, thanks for posting the pics, they will look good in the O Club/NCO Club. Glad that you came by. Hope that you can bring your Dad next time. Its great to see a young person with the same passion and determination as the "Great generation". It gives me hope for the future.
Ghost

[CWBuff]

'Tis nice to see some war-bugs... thanks much for sharing these with us...


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[Second Air Force]

Here is an L-5 pic from Harvard Army Air Field, Nebraska, flying pursuit curves for scanner/flexible gunners on one of the runways. The trainees were crewmen from the 501st Bombardment Group (VH), 315th Wing. The 501st flew B-29B aircraft with only a radar-guided tail turret and the new APQ-7 Eagle bombing radar set. At some point it was decided that the waist scanners should have a .50 on a flexible mount that would be mounted where the waist bubbles had been on normal B-29s. Harvard's Gunnery School came up with this truck trainer that they would drive up and down an unused runway while being "attacked" by the L-5. Gun cameras were mounted on each gun for grading purposes.

Scott

[Taylor Stevenson]

thats interesting! not too many bombers were jumped by L-5's during the war

[Mark Nankivil]

Thanks for posting Taylor - very, very interesting!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

[Tom Swindle]

Again, Taylor ( aka me109), thanks for the post. They will look great in the "O" club.
Ghost.

[vg-photo]

Very cool piece of history you have there!

[CWBuff]

I think this is the only wartime photo of an L-5 that I have in my collection...

L-5 42-98780 'Lil-Les'



All the info I have for this observer is that it was in the MTO; in Italy or Corsica. Anyone know what the white stripes on the tail denote? I have little knowledge of L-bird markings, I'm afraid.


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[Tom Swindle]

Taylor, thanks for the post. They will look great in the "O" club. As for the hinges, yes, they can be changed, but, it effects the price. OK, gotta ask, what does the ME-109 stand for. What is the whole story.
Tom,
AKA, Ghost

[Lynn Allen]

Taylor thanks for the photo's. I have a lot of time in J-3's over that Lake View area, 30F. There is nothing like a dawn patrol from there or a bunny hunt over the lake

Lynn

[Taylor Stevenson]

I know EXACTLY what you mean