L-5 and L-4 Photos

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:10 pm

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 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:45 pm

Really sweet pics.

retroaviation · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:22 am

Cool shots, Taylor. Keep 'em coming.

Gary

Tom Swindle · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:25 pm

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 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:14 am **Posts:** 854

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

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Second Air Force · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:20 am

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 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:05 am

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

Mark Nankivil · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:43 am

Thanks for posting Taylor - very, very interesting!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Tom Swindle · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:52 pm

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

vg-photo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:23 pm

Very cool piece of history you have there!

CWBuff · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:14 am **Posts:** 854

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 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:18 pm

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 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:50 pm

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 :wink:

Lynn

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:24 am

I know EXACTLY what you mean :wink:

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