Aircraft Photo of HL430 | Stinson L-1A Vigilant Mk1 | UK - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	HL430
Aircraft Original Type:	Stinson V-74 Vigilant
Aircraft Generic Type:	Stinson V-74 Vigilant
Aircraft Version:	Stinson L-1A Vigilant Mk1
C/n (msn):	[ 40-262 ]
Operator Titles:	UK - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	VenloMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	25 March 1945
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	287571

Photo Comment
Rare wartime picture of a Stinson Vigilant, one of the few operated by the RAF. This may well be the Vigilant used by Canadian general Harry Crerar, since his troops fought in the nearby Reichswald in March 1945. Detail of a photo of a Dakota nose. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 10 October 2020, and has since been viewed 523 times.

Photo Comment

Rare wartime picture of a Stinson Vigilant, one of the few operated by the RAF. This may well be the Vigilant used by Canadian general Harry Crerar, since his troops fought in the nearby Reichswald in March 1945. Detail of a photo of a Dakota nose. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This photo was added on 10 October 2020, and has since been viewed 523 times.

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