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Spitfire W3946 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory

Spitfire W3946


Type : Spitfire
Mark : Vb
First Flew : 13th September 1941
Last Flew : 22nd June 1944
Built at : High Post
Powered by : Merlin 45

Known information
23rd September 1941Joined No.501 Sqn.
03rd May 1942Joined No.152 Sqn.
20th November 1942Joined No.421 Sqn.
03rd February 1943Joined No.412 Sqn RCAF.
15th May 1943Joined No.602 Sqn.
15th December 1943Joined No.416 Sqn RCAF.
13th February 1944Joined No.186 Sqn.
18th April 1944Joined No.130 Sqn.
22nd June 1944Shot down by American flak near St Lo. Flying Officer W M Shields ok.



Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb W3946
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Shields, W M
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Shields, W M

On 22nd June 1944, his Spitfire Mk.V W3946 of No.130 Sqn was shot down by American flak near St Lo. He was unharmed.



Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb W3946
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No.130 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 1st March 1918
Fate : Disbanded 23rd August 1963
Punjab

Strong to serve

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No.130 Sqn RAF

Full profile not yet available.

No.152 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 1st October 1918
Fate : Disbanded 15th November 1967
Hyderabad

Faithful ally

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No.152 Sqn RAF

Operated from Warmwell during the Battle of Britain.

No.186 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 31st December 1918
Fate : Disbanded 17th July 1945
Hyderabad

Faithful ally

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No.186 Sqn RAF

Full profile not yet available.

No.412 Sqn RCAF

Country : Canada
Founded : 30th June 1941
Fate : Disbanded 21st March 1946

Promptus ad vindictum - Swift to avenge

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No.412 Sqn RCAF

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No.416 Sqn RCAF

Country : Canada
Founded : 22nd January 1941
Fate : Disbanded 19th March 1946
City of Oshawa

Ad saltum paratus - Ready for the leap

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No.416 Sqn RCAF

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No.421 Sqn RCAF

Country : Canada
Founded : 6th April 1942
Fate : Disbanded 23rd July 1945
Red Indian

Bellicum cecinere - They have sounded the war trumpet

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No.421 Sqn RCAF

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No.501 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 14th June 1929
Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957
County of Gloucester, City of Bristol (Auxiliary)

Nil time - Fear nothing

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No.501 Sqn RAF

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No.602 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 12th September 1925
Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957
City of Glasgow (Auxiliary)

Cave leonem cruciatum - Beware the tormented lion

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No.602 Sqn RAF

We have been informed by pilot Ian Blair about one of the aircraft of this squadron : The Spitfire MkVII had the Squadron markings of 312 Sqdn (DU-G) but the aircraft was on the strength of 602 Sqn. and was inherited by 602 Sqn from the Station Flight at Skae Bray, after 312 Sqn had left the area. The time span did not permit the ground personnel sufficient time to paint new letters on the aircraft. This fact has led to the incorrect assumption that I, the pilot of the aircraft, was a member of 312 Sqn.



Aircraft type : Spitfire
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Spitfire



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Manufacturer : Supermarine
Production Began : 1936
Retired : 1948
Number Built : 20351

Spitfire

Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954.



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