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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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PP977 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 27-9-44 809Sq from 3-45 Caught late wire prop hit barrier 'HMS Stalker' 17-3-45 L/C AW Bloomer
PP978 Seafire-III,
West
FF 29-9-44 RNDA 29-9-44 801Sq 'HMS Implacable' 2-45 Collided Avenger JZ289 in practice attack crashed in Indian Ocean Cat ZZ 29-4-45 SubLt KG Jelley+
PP979 Seafire-III,
West
FF 27-9-44 RNDA 28-9-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'D5X' at Dekheila 1-45 Floated into barrier 'HMS Hunter' Cat HY 26-6-45 SubLt F Logie (RNZN) Ashore to Trincomalee 28-6-45 SOC
PP980 Seafire-III,
West
FF 28-9-44 RNDA 29-9-44 39MU to 15MU 14-11-44 880Sq 6-45
PP981 Seafire-III,
West
FF 30-9-44 39MU 6-10-44 Lee-on-Solent Storage 17-11-44 'HMS Hunter' 21-11-44 (ferry) 809Sq 'SW':'SJ' 2-45 Pushed overboard by NN180 crashing on flight deck 'HMS Stalker' Cat ZZ 7-5-45
PP982 Seafire-III,
West
FF 28-9-44 RNDA 29-9-44 Tested Donibrisde 27-1-45 801Sq 'HMS Implacable' 2-45 Slipped forward hit stbd wing of aircraft ahead 24-7-45 SubLt JE Sheeran (RNZN)
PP983 Seafire-III,
West
FF 30-9-44 RNDA 30-9-44 807Sq 1-45 809Sq 1-45 to 2-45
PP984 Seafire-III,
West
FF 29-9-44 RNDA 7-10-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'D5P' over side attempting to land on 'HMS Hunter' off Alexandria Cat Z 1-3-45 PO GK Igoe ser inj
PP985 Seafire-III,
West
FF 2-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44 809Sq radiator pierced emergency landing Dekheila Cat LQ 18-2-45 SubLt RH Archer (RNZN)
PP986 Seafire-III,
West
FF 3-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44 VA High Post 17-10-44 (weighed and CG) 1PATP Southport 1-45 880Sq ADDLs stalled port tyre burst nosed over on runway Jervis Bay 21-5-45 L/C FH Tucker. Jervis Bay to Bankstown 24-10-45
PP987 Seafire-III,
West
FF 3-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44
PP988 Seafire-III,
West
FF 3-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44 33MU to 15MU 24-12-44
PP989 Seafire-III,
West
FF 4-10-44 RNDA 21-10-44 880Sq 6-45 894Sq 5-45 Rear of fuselage struck round-down 28-8-45 SubLt KE Ward
PP990 Seafire-III,
West
FF 5-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44 1PATP Southport 2-45 To Aeronavale
PP991 Seafire-III,
West
FF 5-10-44 Deld 39MU 12-10-44 807Sq hook bounced up into barrier nosed over 'HMS Hunter' 5-3-45 SubLt WC Whitlam. Stbd oleo broke landing Cat LQ 16-7-45 Lt JEM Thornhill [4FW Dekhelia Egypt]
PP992 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 7-10-44 894Sq overshot and nosed up 4-6-45 Lt DN Duncan. u/c failed to lower belly deck landing 'HMS Indefatigable' 24-7-45 SubLt GT Murphy
PP993 Seafire-III,
West
FF 5-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44 RNARY Coimbatore 801Sq 3-45 880Sq floated over wires hook snapped into barrier 'HMS Implacable' 5-6-45 SubLt GE Scott
PP994 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 7-10-44 Tested AHU Donibristle 31-1-44 801Sq 'HMS Implacable' 'P8Q' 2-45
PP995 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 13-10-44 801Sq 4-45 880Sq 4-45 Landed with one wheel retracted 'HMS Implacable' 18-6-45 Mid GY Temple RNARY Coimbatore
PP996 Seafire-III,
West
FF 6-10-44 RNDA 7-10-44 761Sq Henstridge 'G6U' 3-45 to 7-45 759Sq Yeovilton 2-46
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify