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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NF430 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 19-1-44 Tested Henstridge store 15-3-44 SF Schofields tyre burst ran off runway nosed up 20-3-45 SubLt GE Scott. Tested Nowra 24-4-45 796Sq 6-45 to 7-45
NF431 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 15-1-44 899Sq 4-44 708Sq Gosport 5-45 to 8-45 CRO Belfast CB repairs 24-10-45 RY 4-5-46
NF432 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 19-1-44 885Sq 10-44 To 715Sq 11-44 to 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore Trincomalee 8-45
NF433 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 19-1-44 899Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Wing struck branches low flying Code 9 20-3-44 SubLt BA Gentry
NF434 Seafire-III,
West
FW WAL 16-1-44 RNDA 19-1-44 39MU 21-1-44 899Sq Belfast 'J' (named Kelly's Eye) 24-2-44 AHU Arbroath 1-7-44 AHU Donibristle 24-7-44 Belfast store 18-10-44 Shipped to Med arr AR Dekheila 1-11-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 'Y' 15-... ...
NF435 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 21-1-44 39MU 25-1-44 886Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Tested Yeovilton store 20/21-6-44 808Sq 9-44 899Sq 5-45 715Sq St.Merryn 2-45 to 11-45
NF436 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq 4-44 Tail hit round-down 'HMS Khedive' Cat Z 14-5-44 SubLt GC Shelley
NF437 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 Lost tailwheel landing Long Kesh 7-5-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 778Sq 'HMS Pretoria Castle' into barrier 26-3-45 Lt DR Carter
NF438 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 Swung ldg u/c collapsed Cat Y1 24-5-44 SubLt VS Lowdon
NF439 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 27-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' bounced into barrier Cat X1 25-9-44 SubLt CE Wright. Op Picnic hit by flak in attack on ship abandoned Petai Channel Cat Z 7-10-44 SubLt D Stewart+
NF440 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 AHU Arbroath 14-7-44 Tested Donibristle 15-10-44 879Sq engine failure f/l 10-1-45 SubLt TI McCartney
NF441 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'KW' from 3-44 Floated into barrier 'HMS Khedive' 11-4-44 Lt DC Coates 761Sq Henstridge 2-44 809Sq 3-45 to 4-45
NF442 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 27-1-44 885Sq 3-44 to 5-44? 899Sq from 3-44 to 12-44 709Sq St.Merryn BU pulling out from dive during army exercise Cat ZZ crashed Colbiggan Farm Innis Downs 2 1/2ml NE of Roche Cornwall Cat ZZ 23-6-45 Lt DA Davis... ...
NF443 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 27-1-44 807Sq 7-44 Lost height on t/off 'HMS Hunter' ditched Cat Z 15-8-44 Lt JB Leeming safe
NF444 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 29-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 At Arbroath opl patrol lost leader climbing in cloud spun into field from 2000ft White Bog Croft nr RAF Peterhead Aberdeenshire Cat Z 7-6-44 SubLt KS Roberts (RNZN)+
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