STINSON L-5 SENTINEL
L-5 SERVICE
| Manufacturer: | Stinson Division, Vultee Aircraft Inc., Wayne, Michigan, USA (In 1941, became Stinson Division, The Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp., Wayne, Michigan, USA) |
| Model: | V-76 |
| Designations: | L-5; O-62, OY, U-19 |
| Name: | Sentinel |
| First official flight: | (Model V-76) 28/06/1941 |
| Factory production period: | 1941 - 1945 |
| Primary service period: | 1942 - 1950's |
| Last official flight: | (U-19B) ? |
L-5 VARIANTS
Developed from the Nashville, Tennessee built
civil Stinson Model V-75B,
NX27711 (civil reg.), ff: 19/06/1940, itself a
conversion from an earlier
Stinson Model 105 Voyager. Later modified with
engine upgrade as the
Model V-75C.
| 1941 | Model V-76 | Model V-76 | 1 | Total: 0001 |
| 1942 | Model V-76 | O-62 (L-5) | 1813 | |
| 1942 | Model V-76 | L-5B | 712 | |
| 1944 | Model V-76 | L-5C | 200 | |
| 1944 | Model V-76 | L-5E | 750 | |
| 1945 | Model V-76 | L-5G | 115 | Total: 3590 |
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Grand Total: 3591 |
L-5 PRODUCTION
Model V-76
Company prototype, single-engined,
2-seater, observation-liaison aircraft
for USAAF evaluation.
Produced 1941
Stinson Wayne, Michigan
| NX27772 (civil reg.) | ? | 1 | Total: 0001 |
O-62
As Model V-76, minor changes.
First 275 delivered as O-62.
All redesignated as L-5 in 1943.
Redesignated as U-19A in 1962.
Produced
Stinson Wayne, Michigan (VW)
| 42-14798 / 42-15072 | ? | ||
| 42-98036 / 42-99573 | ? | 1813 | Total: 1813 |
L-5A - 1942, proposed engine (Ranger) upgrade, cancelled.
L-5B
As L-5, ambulance version,
loading hatch for stretcher.
Produced
Stinson Wayne, Michigan (VW)
| 42-99574 / 42-99735 | ? | ||
| 44-16703 / 44-17252 | ? | 712 | Total: 0712 |
L-5C
As L-5B, photo-reconn. version,
camera in rear fuselage.
Produced
Stinson Wayne, Michigan (VW)
| 44-17253 / 44-17452 | ? | 200 | Total: 0200 |
L-5D - 1943, reserved project, not taken up.
L-5E
As L-5C, STOL version,
wing modifications.
Produced
Stinson Wayne, Michigan (VW)
| 44-17453 / 44-18202 | ? | 750 | Total: 0750 |
L-5G
As L-5E, engine / equipment upgrade.
Redesignated as U-19B in 1962.
Produced
Stinson Wayne, Michigan (VW)
| 45-34911 / 45-35025 | ? | 115 | Total: 0115 |
| - ~40 additional airframes completed
post-WW2 with s/n's up to 45-35064, all to civil market. - 1, s/n: 57-6278, for USAF in 1957 taken from an impressed civil airframe or built from spares. |
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Grand Total: 3591 |
L-5 CONVERSIONS
USAAF
| XL-5F | 1 | L-5B(44-17103), 1945, exhaust / prop upgrade for "stealth" observation. |
USMC
| OY-1 | 306 | L-5, 1943, transfers to the US Marine Corps., 1 to US Navy. Assigned BuNo. 02747 / 02788, 03862 / 04020, 60460 / 60507, 75159 / 75182, 120442 / 120474. 152 further conversions without assigned BuNo.'s. 26 further conversions cancelled. |
| (OY-2) | 29 | OY-1, conversions to 24-volt electrical system. |
British RAF
| Sentinel Mk. I | 40 | L-5, 1944-1946, RAF transfers to the CBI Theater. Assigned RAF s/n: KJ368 / KJ407. |
| Sentinel Mk. II | 60 | L-5B, 1944-1946, RAF transfers to the CBI Theater. Assigned RAF s/n: KJ408 / KJ467. |
FOREIGN MILITARY / CIVILIAN SERVICE
- Sentinel aircraft support provided by Sentinel Aircraft Co.
(1948-1954), after
the original company was sold off.
- Sentinel aircraft sold surplus post World War II to many air forces worldwide.
- Conversions from 1955 by Clevenger Aircraft Co. to bi-plane crop-dusters.
- Many sold on the civil market to private owners as Warbirds etc.