@ splitpin - they were used for liaison and spotting work. I don't know about behind-the-lines stuff 'tho. Lysanders were larger and a bit more rugged weren't they?
After the war, we lived in the US Zone in Germany at Bad Hersfeld. My father flew the L-5 patrolling the US Zone-Russian Zone border.
@hasegawa & simonh - Yes, it is a way to leave some bits of history for the future. Too much "history" is being lost or forgotten. Perhaps some of these posts will survive.
The story is true. The Cub pilots forced the Storch down with a Colt.45 pistol. It was the last aerial engagement of WWII in Europe according the Piper Museum.
Here are two very good books I have on "Grasshoppers":
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/gsdPL0M.jpg)
One more of my dad and his Grasshopper:
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/VxibT9i.jpg)
My MSFS L-4 :
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/gl3jk7U.jpg)