W3960

Supermarine Spitfire W3960 Mk Vb Const #2158, Built at High Post.

First Flew 2-Oct-41

38 MU 3-Oct-41

302S 11-Oct-41

Cat AC damage on Op's 19-Sep-42

Repair On Site

109ReconSqn 67ReconGrp 8AF USAAF 25-Feb-43

341S 16-Jan-44

52 Operational Training Unit 6-Feb-44

402S 17-Jun-44

Struck Off Charge 27-Sep-45

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Units served with

Emblem,109th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. Approved 7 March 1939.

109th Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

Places

Membury

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Transferred	Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK	25 February 1943	Transferred to 109RS 67RG 8AF USAAF.
Crashed	Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK	2 September 1943	Landing accident Membury/Sta 466 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt John S Vestal, 2-Sep-43. 109RS 67RG 8AF.
Manufactured	High Post, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4, UK		Built at High Post.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Transferred

Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK

25 February 1943

Transferred to 109RS 67RG 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK

2 September 1943

Landing accident Membury/Sta 466 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt John S Vestal, 2-Sep-43. 109RS 67RG 8AF.

Manufactured

High Post, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4, UK

Built at High Post.

Revisions

Date29 Feb 2016 18:17:40

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=W3960