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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:OY-1 Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:120446 USMC
    Construction Number:76-4465
    Latest Owner or Location:Kwajalein

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-5E-1.

    Was allocated s/n 44-18176 with the United States Army Air Force but was not taken up.

    6 July 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 120446 as a OY-1.
    Accepted at the factory.

    12 July 1945

    Transferred to NAS San Diego.
    Delivered to San Diego from the factory.

    2 June 1948

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.

    25 June 1948

    Transferred to Civil Air Patrol, Hickam Field, HI.

    21 June 1950

    Transferred to 1502nd Support Squadron, Eniwetok Atoll.

    12 February 1951

    Transferred to Civil Air Patrol, Hickam Field, HI.

    6 June 1951

    Transferred to Far East Air Forces, Kisarazu, Japan.

    1 January 1952

    Transferred to 6160th Air Base Squadron, Itazuki, Japan.

    1952


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: At Mishima. Editor note: Except for a short stretch of the Kano River, which is not navigable, Mishima, Japan is land-locked. The photo was probably not taken there.

    From 1955 to 1956

    Transferred to Kwajalein.

    Markings Applied: 418176
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Sentinel Owners and Pilots Association
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    James Gray
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