Stinson L-1 Vigilant

The Stinson L-1 Vigilant (company designation Model 74) is an American liaison aircraft designed by the Stinson Aircraft Company of Wayne, Michigan and manufactured at the Vultee-Stinson factory in Nashville, Tennessee (in August 1940 Stinson became a division of Vultee Aircraft Corporation). The aircraft was operated by the United States Army Air Corps as the O-49 until 1942 when the L-1 designation was applied. Although declared obsolete after the manufacturing contract was fulfilled, it continued in service with the Army Air Forces through 1945.