US Liaison Aircraft in action review



by Al Adcock
Squadron/Signal Publications

Stinson L-1 / O-49 Vigilant
includes:
3-view
17 photos (including one of the 4 ambulance conversions)
L-1C / O-49C ambulance conversion with loading hatch
Camo'd aircraft for the Louisiana war games
Vigilant IA with US markings
L-1F floatplane drawing


L-2 / O-57 Grasshopper
includes:
cvilian PTP Taylorcraft Model D
TG-6 gliders (used a 2-crew L-2 fuselage)
TG-6 with tricycle landing gear to serve as the prototype Navy LBT
2 shots of L-2M with wing spoilers


Aeronaca L-3 / O-58 Grasshopper
includes:
3-view
YO-58 prototypes / Aeronaca 65TC Defender
TG-5 glider (used L-3 fuselage & wings)


Piper L-4 / O-59 Grasshopper
includes:
J-3C Cubs provided to Army for manuevers
TG-8 glider
LST-525 and -386 with flight decks for L-4 operations
LSTs with Brodie Device for launch/retrieval
Grasshopper being unloaded from a Marine R5C/C-46
Hap Arnold aboard an L-4 in Italy
L-4s on Autobahn


Stinson L-5 / O-62 Sentinel
includes:
(V-76 Voyager with widened fuselage)
OY-1s launching from CVE USS Sangamon


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