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[[caption written on photo below two planes on left: Used for Nagasaki and many firebomb damaged cities; Used for Hiroshima below plane on the right]] [[note on photo]] Stinson L-5 Sentinel (USA) The Sentinel was developed from the Voyager for liaison and communications duties, powered by a 141.6 KW (190 hp) Lycoming O-135-1 engine. Three versions were produced for the USAAF: the L-5 and L-5A standard two-seat short range aircraft, the latter being identical to the L-5 except for having a 24 volt electrical system; and the L-5B or Sentinel H. The L-5B was an adaptation of the L-5 to carry one stretcher of light cargo up to a maximum of 91 kg (200 lb). The fuselage aft of the rear wing spar was deepened and retained the rectangular cross-section to the fin. A large door aft of the observer's door opened downwards to permit the loading of a stretcher. In service, all L-5s had their wheel fairings removed. During World War II more than 3,000 Sentinels were delivered. Many were also operated by the RAF in Burma, supplied under Lease-Lend. Data: Engine as above Wing span 10.36m (34 ft 0 in) Length 7.35 m (24 ft 1 1/4 in) Max T-0 weight 979 kg (2,158 lbs) Max level speed 208 km/h (129 mph) [/note]] [[note on photo]] CCF Norseman (Canada) The Norseman high-wing transport aircraft was first manufactured by Noorduyn Aviation before World War II. It remained in production throughout the war and 746 were delivered to the USAAF as C-64As, together with a few to the US Navy. The first major version was the Norseman Mk V, which was still being produced in early 1950s as a civil type. Data: Engine on 410 kW (550 hp) Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 radial wing span 15.75 m (51 ft 8 in) Length (Landplane/skiplane) 9.86 m (32 ft 4 in), (seaplane) 10.44 m (34 ft 3 in). Max T.0 weight )landplane) 3.357 kg (7,400 lb) Cruising speed (landplane) 227 km/h (141 mph) Range (landplane) 747 km (464 miles) Accommodation crew of two and eight passengers or freight [/note]] [[image: soldier in fatigues [[caption: Fatigues and flying cap]] [[caption: Fleet of L-5s and 2 [[strikethrough]] Norder [/strikethrough]] Norseman By Jones CCF Noorduyn C-64A [[image: photo of aircraft parked at airfield]] [[image: photo of aircraft parked at airfield]] [[caption: Itaxuke Airfield By Jones 140 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[magazine clipping]] FATEFUL FLIGHT OR MERCY MISSION? Contrary to the story that Glenn Miller was lost on a flight to Paris, one rumor had it that the bandleader was seriously ill and was flown in secret to a British hospital where he died. [[image: photo of an aircraft, man on cowling, man by landing gear, two men standing by tail; tail number 2456]] ^[[Canadian CCF Noorduyn Norseman]] [[image: Glenn Miller holding trombone]] [[news clipping]] Major Glenn Miller is Missing on flight from England to Paris [[line]] Former Orchestra Leader had been conducting bands of the Army Air Force's [[?]] Enlistment - Won Many Honors [[line]] Paris, Dec. [[?]] Maj. Glenn Miller, director of the United States Air Force Band and a former orchestra leader, is missing on a flight from England to Paris, it was announced today. Major Miller, one of the outstanding orchestra leaders of the United States left England Dec. 18 as a passenger aboard a plane. No trace of the plane has been found. [[article too blurred]] [/news clipping]] [[news clipping]] I'VE FOUND GLENN MILLERS PLANE Riddle of bandleader's lost body [[article too blurred]] [/news clipping]] [[news clipping]] RAF bombs 'killed band king Miller' [[article too blurred]] [/news clipping]] [[photo partially obscured by magazine clipping: view of an airfield]] [[partial caption: ? used the unpaved taxi strip]] [[image: photo of an airfield]] [[image: photo of the airfield from the opposite direction]] The runway was being lengthened to accommodate B-29 bombers. 141
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinson_L-5_Sentinel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman
