The Stinson OY-1 (USAAF L-5) Sentinel formed the Grasshopper Fleet on Iwo Jima and provided artillery-spotting missions. On 26 February 1945, two VMO-4 OY-1s from the USS Wake Island (CVE-65) were the first US aircraft to land on Iwo. VMO-4 flew missio
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