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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NN445 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 11-9-44 801Sq 2-45 880Sq 4-45 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 6-45 to 7-45
NN446 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 13-9-44 1PATP Southport 10-44 RNARY Coimbatore 880Sq 4-45 to 5-45 Floated caught tail on barrier 'HMS Implacable' 23-4-45 SubLt LG Simpson
NN447 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 8-9-44 899Sq 8-44 to 5-45 894Sq Op Meridian II 2 Ki21 dest 1 shared with ship 29-1-45 SubLt KE Ward. Fast landing bounced into barrier 'HMS Indefatigable' 26-3-45 SubLt RC Kay safe
NN448 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 16-9-44 Donisbristle store port wingtip hit rudder of stationary NN462 Cat LQ 17-1-45 SubLt WAJ Brown 761Sq Henstridge 5-45 to 10-45 Heavy landing port tyre burst 24-5-45 SubLt HW Claughton (RNZN) Overshot into roug... ...
NN449 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 12-9-44 Tested Donibristle 28-1-45 879Sq 1-45 809Sq 1-45 Tyre burst swung of runway nosed over Cat ZZ 1-3-45 Lt HE Kelly (RCN)
NN450 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 18-9-44 39MU 19-9-44 879Sq 1-45 4FW Dekhelia Egypt At Dekheila hit ground on low level TacR exploded 4ml W of Damanhur Cat ZZ 12-2-45 SubLt DV Cross+
NN451 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 12-9-44 39MU 9-44 15MU 25-9-44 1PATP Southport 10-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 12-44 to 9-45 Caught wire prop clipped deck 12-7-45 SubLt GH Wilson (RNZN) RNARY Coimbatore
NN452 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 16-9-44 894Sq 12-44 887Sq port oleo collapsed landing 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat X 1-4-45 Lt MP Sutton
NN453 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 16-9-44 33MU 18-9-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 3-45 At Katukurunda DB exercise in bad weather out of fuel f/l dry lake Hanbantota 5-6-45 SubLt WJ Cody. Unable to release bomb told to land at emergency strip landed in fie... ...
NN454 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 14-9-44 33MU 16-9-44 899Sq 6-44 to 5-45 AHU Donibristle to Lee-on-Solent 6-11-44 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' shot down by fire from 'HMS Illustrious' in enemy attack on fleet Cat ZZ 6-4-45 SubLt NV Heppenstall+
NN455 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 20-9-44 807Sq 1-45 to 5-45 Bounced on to No.7 wire into barriers 'HMS Hunter' Cat LQ 26-2-45 SubLt WC Whitlam 879Sq Nutts Corner 8-45 to 12-45
NN456 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 20-9-44 Tested Donibristle 27-1-45 880Sq 3-45 Run into by NN624 'HMS Implacable' 12-4-45 Trincomalee 7-45 To Aeronavale as 54S.24 (Arromanches)
NN457 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 21-9-44 RNARY Coimbatore 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' bounced into barrier 21-4-45 Lt EJ Clark. To Trincomalee WO 879Sq 6-45 [prefix?J
NN458 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 23-9-44 880Sq 2-45 Landed u/c retracted Jervis Bay Cat HX 14-5-45 Lt N Goodfellow
NN459 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 19-9-44 894Sq taxied into lorry 12-12-44 SubLt PG Adams
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify