L-5

Lt. Col. Wilbur W. Hiehle, Medical Corps, who commanded Mars Task Force medical personnel for a time, in the cockpit of an L-5 over Burma or China, during WWII. Hiehle was a graduate of George Washington University. He entered military service in 1929. 2nd Lt. Hiehle was assigned 306th Cavalry in 1934. Hiehle, then a First Lieut. was assigned to...

An L-5 Stinson in flight in China during WWII.

A L-5 Stinson, tail number #298836, at an American base. C-46s, B-24s, and P-51s is various states of disassembly can be seen in the background. Yunnan province, China, during WWII.

T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg. 164th Signal Photographic Company photographers. L-5 pilot P. Loris. Near Tengchong (Tengchung), China. During 2nd Salween River campaign, 1944. Cpl. Arthur Hedge

A tidy looking L-5 airplane parked in a field in the CBI during WWII. Photo from Kenneth M. Sumney.

M/Sgt. Ed Smith leans on the prop of a L-5-B at home base at Kalikunda, India, shortly after arrival in December, 1944. In the CBI during WWII.

T/Sgt. Harold D. Robertson (inset in image), ASN 17052777, disappeared during an L-5 flight on 7 May 1944. (Also in the image is Rex Davis, and Floyd Whitney; image taken at Desert Army Air Base, California, summer 1943. Image provided by 5th Liaison Squadron Flight Line Chief R. J. Koppel.) Entered military service from Clay County, Arkansas. Admitted to hospital...

"Part of my Flight, while on detached service to Camp Ellis, Ill. The silver L-5 is my ship before going to the CBI for duty as Flt. Leader of 'D' flight." Photo from Dale Smith

An American L-5 of the 19th Liaison Sqd. over the Salween River gorge during WWII. Photo from Vrana.