Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / N.Parnell - Antipodean guardian

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / E.Gandet, M.Rey - Alpine Antiques /History on the wing/

Stinson L-5 Sentinel N121MC belongs to the Warbird Owners Group and is operated by the Commemorative Air Force's Swiss Wing, which is also a member of the AAA. This, the only flying L-5 in Switzerland, is based at Birrfield.

Мировая Авиация 77

Тройка Cessna L-19 Bird Dog в сопровождении Stinson L-5 Sentinel во время авиашоу Тико 1992. Во время войны во Вьетнаме самолеты Bird Dog использовались в качестве передовых авианаводчиков. Они оснащались сигнальными ракетами, как эти два самолета на переднем плане.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cessna L-19 / O-1 Bird dog / Model 305 - СШАUSA - 1950

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Stinson L-5B Sentinel Light Cargo or Ambulance Monoplane (190 h.p. Lycoming O-435-1 engine).

Авиация и Космонавтика 2021-04 / М.Никольский - Винтокрылая "Кобра" (1)

Самолет Стинсон-Вулти L-5 авиации армии США

Мировая Авиация 242

На фотографии - один из 275 самолетов O-62, построенных компанией "Vultee-Stinson" для авиации Армии США. Он представлял собой военный вариант Model 105 с увеличенным фюзеляжем.

Aviation Historian 35 / V.Flintham - Rover David (2)

The ubiquitous Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered USAAF service in December 1942, initially as the O-62. The installation of VHF radio equipment in the Horsefly Sentinels enabled their pilots to talk directly to circling fighter-bombers, whereas the RAF’s Auster pilots had to pass all instructions through the ground-based Rover system.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Stinson L-5A Sentinel Two-seat Light Liaison and Observation Monoplane (190 h.p. Lycoming O-435-1 engine).
Footnote from James Gray:
  The proposed 'A' model was planned for delivery after the first contract for 275 L-5s was completed. It was to be powered by a 200 hp Ranger inline engine and have a 24-volt electrical system, along with other modifications, but was canceled because those changes would have caused significant production delays and increased the cost. Fairchild also could not guarantee an adequate supply of their Ranger engine. So, the next 1,538 airplanes delivered only saw minor changes and remained under the original L-5 designation.
  Regarding Jane's All The World's Aircraft, they have printed faulty information about the L-5 in every publication since 1943. Naturally, this has been copied by many other authors and publishers because Jane's is so highly regarded as a reliable source of aircraft data.
  Surprisingly, last year I spoke with one of their retired editors who told me that once a listing is published it is never changed. So, you will find the same faulty information in their modern publications too, even though it is known that the original description had errors! I cannot understand such a stubborn policy, but that is how they have always done things.
  Even in the U.S. military during WWII the standard L-5 observation model was often referred to as an L-5A. his makes some sense because it was visually different from the L-5B ambulance version. Although subsequent models designated L-5C, L-5E and L-5G outnumbered them, they were all often referred to as 'B' models. Such is the working of the human mind which tends to simplify things for convenience.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05

Well over a dozen Stinson L-5 Sentinels are under restoration in the USA. These two were photographed over Breckenridge, Texas, by MICHAEL O’LEARY in May 1986

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / N.Parnell - Antipodean guardian

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-07 / D.Edwards - Memoirs of a Burma staff wallah (2)

A Stinson L-5 Sentinel takes off while one of its brethren, an L-5B, looks somewhat forlorn in the foreground. Note this aircraft’s upward-hinged hatch aft of the cabin - it enabled the aircraft to carry a stretcher, making it very useful in the ambulance role.

Aviation Historian 35 / V.Flintham - Rover David (2)

A USAAF pilot of the 47th Liaison Sqn poses beside his Sentinel, Vegas Belle. Although the Horsefly system’s direct contact between air observation post and fighter-bombers appeared to offer an advantage, there was a grave risk of Allied ground troops being on the receiving end of friendly fire owing to a lack of tactical oversight of the battlefield as a whole.

Aviation Historian 35 / V.Flintham - Rover David (2)

The American Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in the back of an L-5 Sentinel before an observation flight over US Fifth Army positions in the Cecina area of Tuscany in the summer of 1944.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Stinson L-5B Sentinel Light Ambulance (190 h.p. Lycoming O-435-1 engine).

Aeroplane Monthly 1995-08 / P.Chinnery - Operation Thursday (2)

Bob McGovern of the 155th Liaison Squadron, wearing an Aussie hat, prepares to fly a wounded Japanese prisoner back for interrogation. The aircraft is an L-5 Sentinel.

Air Pictorial 1964-09

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: JA3168

JA3168, a postwar Stinson L-5E of the Japan Flying Association

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v5

Stinson L-5 Sentinel

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-01 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-TRY

This Stinson L-5 Sentinel was absorbed into the Swiss Air Force when, as 42-99186 with the USAAF, it landed in Switzerland on December 12, 1944 after the pilot lost his bearings. The Swiss Air Force used the L-5 (serial number A-96) until the end of the war, after which it was flown again by the USAF. In March 1950 the L-5 was registered as HB-TRY and was used as a target tug until withdrawn from use in December 1968. This photograph was taken at Berne in May 1965 when 'RY was in service with Alpar AG.

Air-Britain Archive 1983-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-PBB

Another ex-Dutch machine, minimally re-registered, Sentinel OO-PBB is still current.

Air Pictorial 1955-04 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N63094

This incredible contraption is a Stinson L-5-VW (serial 42-98184) modified as a biplane for crop-spraying, with a Continental W-670-16 engine. The top wing has been clipped and the bottom wing has been taken from a Piper Cub. It is now registered N63094.

Aeroplane Monthly 1995-08 / P.Chinnery - Operation Thursday (2)

Two of the 54 Stinson L-5 Sentinels of the 2nd Air Commando Group destroyed when the typhoon hit their base at Kalaikunda. In all, 117 aircraft were destroyed.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Stinson L-5 Sentinel.