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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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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
PR257 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore 809Sq tail oleo snapped off landing 23-8-45 L/C AW Bloomer 883Sq taxied into LR847 19-12-45 SubLt HL Swiggum. earmarked for Aeronavale
PR258 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore 757Sq Tambaram 8-45 to 10-45
PR259 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 1PATP Southport 2-45 880Sq 7-45 to 9-45 Ramrod Kawasaki H6K damaged and Mitsubishi F1M destroyed on slipway Komatsushima 24-7-45 L/C RM Crosley
PR260 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44
PR261 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 16-12-44 FAP1 Pityilu to Ponam 12-6-45 880Sq 7-45
PR262 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 Tested FAP1 Pityilu f/l 20-7-45 Lt EB Gray 880Sq 9-45
PR263 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 16-12-44 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' damaged by A6M Odaki Bay Japan 15-8-45 SubLt RA Gorvin safe 887Sq caught wire hit barrier 29-8-45 SubLt IG Hepworth
PR264 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 9-12-44 RNARY Coimbatore Tested TAMY1 Archerfield 10-8-45
PR265 Seafire-III,
West
FF 11-12-44 RNDA 16-12-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 AHU Henstridge 2-46 To Aeronavale
PR189 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-11-44 801Sq 'P7N' 3-45 Landed with burst tyre o/t 22-5-45 SubLt PE Holway
PR190 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-11-44 899Sq 12-44 1PATP Southport 4-45 RNARY Coimbatore Tested TAMY1 Archerfield 6/8-8-45
PR191 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 18-11-44 Tested FAP1 Pityilu 21-7-45
PR192 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 16-11-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore Tested FAP1 Pityilu 27-7-45
PR193 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-11-44 879Sq 3-45 to 4-45 887Sq tailwheel caught wire Cat Y 4-5-45 SubLt GW Draper
PR194 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 18-11-44 39MU e/f at 2500ft f/l Colerne CA 4-1-45 FLt J Proctor safe
PR195 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-11-44 1PATP Southport 3-45 Schofields swung off runway nosed over 1-9-45 SubLt WR Chambers
PR196 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 18-11-44 39MU 2-12-44 1PATP Southport 2-45
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify