[ARC5] SCR-274N Still In Service in 1947

[David Stinson]

(But then, some of us knew that ;-)

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Biography of a Lady
Stinson L-5E-1VW - "Carin' Belle"
AAF Contract No. 44-181143)
N5138B OY-2 (Navy Bureau No. 04013)

Chronology of an OY-2, Ser. Nr. N5138B

JUL 1945 Delivered to U.S. Navy at San Diego, California.
SEP/OCT 1945 In transit to Guam.
OCT 1945  Pool: CASW F12 Guam.
JAN/MAR 1946  Pool: Pearl Harbor.
APR/MAY 1946  In transit to Norfolk, Virginia.
JUN/AUG 1946  Pool: Norfolk, Virginia.
SEP/DEC 1946  Awaiting reconditioning at Cherry Point, NC.

***JAN/MAR 1947***  (emph. mine) Pool: Cherry Point
(overhauled 3/27/47).
It is surmised that the 3/27/47 overhaul was, in part, the conversion 
from 12 volts to 24 volts for standardization. Accordingly, the original 
designation was changed from OY-1 to OY-2. All other features of the 
(L-5E-1) OY-1 were retained-such as large 8.00 x 6 wheels with 
reinforced brake drums, ambulance and cargo provision, and the droop 
aileron system peculiar to the L-5E. A later model OY-2 was produced for 
the Navy by Consolidate-Vultee and was designated the L-5G. It differs 
from the L-5E in that the electrical system is now a standardized 24 
volt rather than the 12 volt system of earlier models.

***An SCR-274N command set replaces the radio transmitter and receiver, 
and provisions are made for alternate radios.*** (emph. mine)

Power is supplied by a Lycoming 0-435-11 engine, and the instrument 
panel was reorganized to include a manifold pressure gauge.
APR 1947/MAR 1949  MCAS (Marine Corps Artillery Spotter) AES12 at 
Quantico Virginia.
MAR 1949  Overhauled 3/24/49. Presumably the OY-2 was disassembled 
during overhaul or shortly thereafter, and placed in storage.
10 APR 1956  Aircraft transferred, disassembled, to the Florida Wing of 
the Civil Air Patrol at Orlando Naval Training Center.
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From:
http://www.cafohio.org/carinbellehistory.html