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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NF563 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-3-44 Donibristle to 801Sq 21-5-44 to 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch floated into barrier Cat LQ 29-1-45 SubLt FA Brash (SANF)
NF564 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-3-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 Tested Belfast 20-2-45 709Sq St.Merryn attempted f/l in bad visibility crashed burnt out 1ml S of Wellington Somerset Cat ZZ 19-5-45 Lt JA Grogan (RCN)+
NF565 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-3-44 VA High Post 12-4-44 (weighed and CoG) 33MU to Hawarden 28-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 5-12-44 U/c collapsed on landing Cat LQ 16-12-44 Lt DJ Lambert. Tested RNARY Coimbatore 23/24-3-45 757Sq Tambaram 8-45... ...
NF566 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-3-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 8-44 to 6-45 Crashed fuselage scrapped wings to Irish Air Corps IAC155
NF567 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 899Sq 8-44
NF568 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-3-44 Tested Yeovilton store 25-5-44 899Sq 7-44 to 9-44
NF569 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-3-44 801Sq 7-44 768Sq Abbotsinch/Ayr/Ballyhalbert/Easthaven 11-44 to 11-45 Braked hard swung stbd oleo collapsed Abbotsinch Cat HX 23-11-44 Lt J Bridge
NF570 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-3-44 885Sq 7-44 Whitchurch to Lee-on-Solent 23-11-44 879Sq Hit round-down 20-4-45 Lt JA Armstrong 883Sq Arbroath 'K' 10-45 until to RNARY Belfast 12-45 [prefix?]
NF575 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'CV' 12-44 Floated into barrier 'HMS Indomitable' 24-7-45 SubLt JP Crathus (RAN)
NF576 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-3-44 801Sq 6-44 Tested Belfast 17-12-44 768Sq Abbotsinch 6-45 Heavy landing 9-9-45 SubLt HW Claughton (RNZN) 883Sq Arbroath from 9-45 until 12-45 To GI as 6428M at 6SoTT Hednesford 8-9-47
NF577 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-3-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Bf109 damaged Normandy 16-6-45 SubLt JD MacIntee 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45 Eglinton to 772Sq Burscough 9-4-46
NF578 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 885Sq 8-44 Radiator cowling detached in flight Ballyhalbert Cat Y1 3-11-44 SubLt WA Woodfield 801Sq 2-45 AHU Donibristle 14-3-45 802Sq 5-45 to 7-45 806Sq stalled just short of runway Machrihanish 6-8-45 SubL... ...
NF579 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 Henstridge 17-4-44 885Sq 7-44 Taxying collision with oncoming aircraft Cat Y 19-8-44 SubLt FMD Brooshooft. Tested Donibristle 7/8-3-45
NF580 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch 'D' stalled onto round-down skidded into barrier on nose Cat HY 21-12-44 SubLt NA Dent
NF581 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq pecked landing Code 2 22-6-44 SubLt FA Dane. Heavy landing port oleo and wing damaged Cat X1 22-8-44 SubLt A Robson 768Sq Abbotsinch 11-44 Bounced caught No.7 prop clipped barrier 16-3-45 SubLt WT Wall... ...
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