The L-5 Sentinel

Yesterday, i wrote about the World War II pilot who was reunited with the very same plane he flew at Iwo Jima in 1945. I had never heard of these particular planes, so did a little more research, compliments of Wikipedia.

The particular one that Thomas Rozga flew, the L-5B, was one of 729 of that particular model built, of which only about 300 are known to exist and of those, only half are able to fly.

After the war, many found usage in the Civil Air Patrol program.

Each carried a two man crew: a pilot and observer.

Over 3,896 of these observation planes were built in total by the Stinson manufacturing company. They were useful in operating in forward airstrips and delivered information and supplies and could return with badly wounded soldiers.

Interesting Story. --DaCoot