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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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PR288 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 16-12-44 AHU Abbotsinch stalled port brake u/s u/c collapsed 12-7-45 SubLt AFW Smith. To Aeronavale
PR235 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 880Sq 8-45 801Sq ran off track into ditch taxying after landing 20-9-45 SubLt D Kirby
PR236 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 1PATP Southport 2-45 VASM refurb to FVc standard to IAC155 del by Sgt Conway to Ballydonnell 29-9-47 withdrawn service 8-8-54 scrap 1962 This aircraft had wings of NF575 fitted
PR237 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 879Sq 3-45 880Sq 4-45
PR238 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 768Sq Easthaven caught No.1 wire port tyre burst went over side 'HMS Battler' Cat ZZ 24-11-45 SubLt S Cowsill safe. To Trincomalee WO
PR239 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 1PATP Southport 2-45 880Sq 7-45
PR240 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-11-44 1PATP Southport 2-45 880Sq 6-45
PR241 Seafire-III,
West
LFRIII RNDA 9-12-44 880Sq floated hook torn out on No.1 barrier into No.2 barrier 'HMS Implacable' 25-7-45 Lt WF Griffith (801 Sqn) Tested RNARY Coimbatore 18-12-45 FerrySq Crail blade tip came off in flight 4-4-46 L/C D... ...
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
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify