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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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LR758 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 4-9-43 33MU to 15MU 19-9-43 RNARY Coimbatore 12-43 to 3-44 761Sq Henstridge 11-44 to 12-44
LR759 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 11-9-43 787Sq Wittering 2-44 to 3-44 736Sq St.Merryn 4-44 to 5-44 to 1 879Sq floated into barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Z 1 15-8-44 SubLt DA Gibson [also reported as 761Sq Henstridge 11-44 to 12-44]
LR760 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 11-9-43 879Sq caught No.5 wire but hit barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Z1 21-8-44 Lt G Ogilvy safe
LR761 Seafire-IIc,
West
LIIc/PR 15MU 17-9-43 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' low level PR exercise led a flight of Seafires into hillside Glenarm nr Larne Cat Z 29-1-44 Lt GPL Pardoe+ Wreckage to Shorts Belfast CE 18-2-44
LR762 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 17-9-43 Christchurch to Lee-on-Solent 4-11-43 889Sq 'Z' 1-44 [later?] 768Sq Abbotsinch hook caught pecked Cat SS 2-2-45 Lt NJ Geary (RCN)
LR763 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 25-9-43 809Sq hit round-down tore off hook into barrier 'HMS Stalker' 2-8-44 SubLt RD Wood 899Sq 9-44
LR764 Seafire-IIc,
West
RY 25-9-43 A Sqn AAEE 30-10-63 (handling with Seafire MkIII tail unit)
LR765 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 23-4-43 A Sqn AAEE 5-43 [or W/E 7-8-43] (climb and level speed perf trls). Later re designated FIIc because of non-folding wings Weights and CG load 11-43- trls with 30gal overload tank 250lb GP or SAP bombs. 3 x 27... ...
LR766 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-5-43 VA Worthy Down 9-6-43 (contractors trls-weights and CG load of first Westland FIII) A Sqn AAEE 15-10-43(performance) Westland Yeovilton to IAD Flt RAE 25-11-43 (gyro gunsight tests) 787Sq Wittering 10-12-43... ...
LR767 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-6-43 787Sq Wittering 10-43 894Sq collided LR865 during formation aerobatics Cat X2 16-3-44 SubLt IHS Morgan. e/f on t/off u/c collapsed 24-4-44 SubLt PA Meakin. Tested RNARY Donibristle 24-11-44 AHU Abbotsinch 9-... ...
LR768 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 10-7-43 76MU on dismantling for packing found to have been damaged at Mkrs 29-10-43 889Sq from 1-4-44 to 6-44 Nosed over 21-4-44 Lt P Carmichael
LR769 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-7-43 894Sq '1A' from 11-43 to 5-44
LR783 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 28-8-43 894Sq 'H' 1-44 to 4-44 879Sq attd 7SAAF 6-44 to 7-44 894Sq 7-44 Floated over wires into barrier 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat Z1 18-10-44 SubLt JD Pywell safe
LR784 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 28-8-43 894Sq '1B' from 11-43 to 5-44
LR785 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 28-8-43 894Sq 'HMS Implacable' '1C' from 11-43 Flak damage Cat X1 10-8-44 Lt C Walker. Heavy landing fuselage buckled Cat Y1 18-9-44 Lt C Walker
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify