Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
| Serial | Pic | Model, Factory | Notes (click note to toggle full text) | |
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| LR743 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 6-8-43 Tested Yeovilton store 6/19-4-44 885Sq from 8-44 to 10-44 879Sq heavy landing port u/c collapsed Dekheila 8-3-45 Mid RJ Watson | ||
| LR744 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 6-8-43 885Sq 9-44 until 1-44 Tested Eglinton 10-45 | ||
| LR745 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 7-8-43 39MU to Christchurch 10-11-43 885Sq Ballyhalbert from 8-44 Port wingtip hit rating Cat S 3-11-44 SubLt J Fisher 775Sq Dekheila u/c failed to lower belly landing 21-8-45 SubLt E Walmsley | ||
| LR746 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 14-8-43 4FPP u/c failed to lower Arbroath CA 31-8-43 1/O M Bennett safe. Tested Arbroath 21-2-44 801Sq 4-44 to 6-44 768Sq Abbotsinch damaged prop on barrier Cat S 16-9-44 SubLt J Willgoss. Tail damaged 'HMS Ravager'... ... | ||
| LR747 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 14-8-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'HJ' 11-43 Fast landing with pitching deck Cat Z 5-5-44 Mid LL Beckford | ||
| LR748 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 14-8-43 Colerne to Christchurch 2-10-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'HN' 11-43 Dropped heavily on port oleo which collapsed Cat X1 30-4-44 SubLt ACB Ford | ||
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| LR749 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 14-8-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' prop blade caught wire 9-8-44 L/C AF Slaney. Bounced over wires through barriers 27-8-44 SubLt M La Page | ||
| LR750 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 19-8-43 807Sq 11-43 757Sq Puttalam caught wire ran over port side of deck Cat Y1 27-6-44 Mid WE Eastham (RNZN) Allahabad to Nagpur 19-7-45 Test Flt Cochin 1-46 | ||
| LR751 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 21-8-43 807Sq 12-43 Taxied off runway nosed over 'HMS Hunter' Cat X 25-2-44 Lt JB Leeming. e/f at 250ft on approach glided into sea sank Cat Z 11-6-44 SubLt JA Waugh (RNZN)+ | ||
| LR752 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 21-8-43 Lee-on-Solent to 807Sq 24-10-43 u/c jammed belly landed Cat X2 3-2-44 SubLt ACB Ford 808Sq 8-44 to 10-44 Eglinton u/c collapsed Cat HY 31-12-44 SubLt DA Golding (1843 Sqn) Shorts CRO Belfast CE 8-3-45 [also... ... | ||
| LR753 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 21-8-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'HL' 11-43 Hook and tail hit round-down Cat X1 10-6-44 SubLt LG Lloyd Bird strike Cat LQ 31-12-44 SubLt TI Ingle | ||
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| LR754 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 27-8-43 Christchurch to Lee-on-Solent 24-10-43 807Sq 11-43 Hit round-down burst tyre pecked 'HMS Hunter' Cat Y1 9-4-44 SubLt PWJ Webb CRD Belfast 20-5-44 RY 20-12-44 761Sq Henstridge 3-45 768Sq Easthaven 11-45 engin... ... | ||
| LR755 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 28-8-43 834Sq 'HMS Battler' 8-43 to 3-44 RNARY Coimbatore 1-44 to 3-44 889Sq 4-44 to 8-44 Prop damaged stbd oleo bent 'HMS Atheling' 27-6-44 SubLt GH Brittain | ||
| LR756 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 28-8-43 807Sq 11-43 to 1-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 4-44 Prop tips damaged on wires 15-6-44 SubLt CP Mason. Caught wire bounced stalled heavily 8-10-44 SubLt DD James | ||
| LR757 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 4-9-43 807Sq 11-43 RNARY Coimbatore 1-44 to 3-44 Puttalam store 4-44 757Sq 9-44 to 10-44 | ||
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