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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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PR242 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 Machrihanish to Lee-on-Solent by SubLt Ellis 3/4-4-46
PR243 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44
PR244 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 Tested Donibristle 7-3-45 880Sq 3-45 Splash firing fairing detached in dive and damaged prop 21-5-45 SubLt WT Wheeldon FAP1 Pityilu 18-8-45
PR245 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 748Sq St.Merryn 12-45 to 1-46
PR246 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore Tested Ponam 8-6-45 Trincomalee 1945
PR247 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore 807Sq could not release hook R/T u/s abandoned Cat ZZ 24-8-45 SubLt FA Brash (SANF) safe
PR248 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 4-7-45 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 7-45 Arrester wire jammed hook damaged 5-9-45 SubLt RG Hallas. earmarked for Aeronavale
PR249 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore AHU Henstridge 2-46 To Aeronavale
PR250 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 2-12-44 1PATP Southport 2-45 TAMY1 Archerfield 5-45 880Sq 7-45
PR251 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 Tested FAP1 Pityilu 19-7-45 801Sq swung off runway after landing nosed over 9-10-45 L/C CP Campbell-Horsfall
PR252 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore
PR253 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 8-45 Hook hit deck locked up into barrier 9-8-45 SubLt RG Hallas
PR254 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' '145/S' A6M shot down in sea Sakishima Islands 1730 4-5-45 Lt AS Macleod (RNZN)
PR255 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 Cochin to RNAMY Coimbatore 19-4-45 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' Caught late wire tipping prop into carrier 6-5-45 Lt JEM Thornhill. Caught late wire ran into barrier 16-7-45 SubLt R Brook
PR256 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 Tested Donibristle 7-3-45 880Sq 4-45 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' '146/S' 2 A6M shot down over Fleet Sakishima 1-4-45 SubLt RH Reynolds 880Sq 7-45 Tested TAMY1 Archerfield 8-12-45
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify