Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
| Serial | Pic | Model, Factory | Notes (click note to toggle full text) | |
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| LR701 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 19-6-43 Passage to Gibraltar badly damaged in hangar during gale 'HMS Hunter' 4/5-8-43 880Sq 'HMS Stalker' Halton to Machrihanish by Lt Mogridge (806 Sqn) 4-2-46 | ||
| LR702 |
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Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 25-6-43 809Sq 8-43 834Sq 'Z' Heavy landing port u/c collapsed 'HMS Battler' Cat X1 23-2-44 Lt DAE Holbrook. Retd Durban late 1944 | |
| LR703 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 25-6-43 809Sq 7-43 887Sq 9-43 to 11-43 761Sq Henstridge 7-44 to 2-45 Taxied into tail of Spitfire BM453 6-8-44 SubLt JA Marriott. Swung stbd tailplane hit glim lamp 26-8-44 SubLt FG Swann. Tyre burst landing nosed u... ... | ||
| LR704 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 25-6-43 879Sq 12-43 Bounced over wires into barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Z1 19-9-44 SubLt WA Clarke safe | ||
| LR705 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 25-6-43 834Sq 'Y' port wing WO stbd wing damaged in hangar during gale 'HMS Hunter' 4/5-8-43 887Sq 11-43 807Sq 1943/4 | ||
| LR706 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 26-6-43 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 8-43 Salerno ops engine overheating landed 'HMS Hunter' then retd 'HMS Attacker' badly damaged 10-9-43 SubLt RJH Grose | ||
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| LR707 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 30-6-43 887Sq Heavy landing 'HMS Unicorn' 27-8-43 SubLt TD Lucey 809Sq Tail oleo hit round-down landing 'HMS Battler' 9-9-43 SubLt TD Lucey. Tested Yeovilton store 11-4-44 809Sq floated into barrier 'HMS Stalker' 20... ... | ||
| LR708 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 30-6-43 ADDLs at Church Broughton 13-7-45 (W/Cdr pilot) | ||
| LR709 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 2-7-43 809Sq 8-43 887Sq 9-43 | ||
| LR710 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 2-7-43 Donisbristle store taxied into Swordfish L9739 24-8-43 SubLt JD Harris (RNZN) 808Sq overran runway o/t 25-11-43 Lt JB Leeming 879Sq bounced over wires and damaged LR643 NN128 and LR740 in forward deck park 'H... ... | ||
| LR711 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 2-7-43 885Sq 9-44 to 10-44 Tested Eglinton 10-45 767Sq Easthaven 2-46 to 4-46 | ||
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| LR712 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 2-7-43 807Sq 11-43 to 1-44 879Sq missed wires into barrier 5-5-44 SubLt JE Wilmshurst-Smith | ||
| LR725 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 3-7-43 Machrihanish to 885Sq Dundonald 8-5-44 to 10-44 759Sq Yeovilton 10-44 761Sq Henstridge 1-45 to 3-45 Port tyre burst landing onto grass nosed up 17-1-45 SubLt HJ Little (RNZN) Woodvale 6-45 to 10-45 768Sq Ball... ... | ||
| LR726 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 7-7-43 4F Wing 12-43 | ||
| LR727 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 10-7-43 807Sq 12-43 Ship pitching tail hit round-down caught wire broke back and tail 'HMS Hunter' Cat Y1 16-5-44 SubLt DS Robinson 761Sq Henstridge 2-45 Hit barrier 12-5-45 SubLt RAH Beaton 768Sq Easthaven 8-45 Hit... ... | ||
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