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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NX908 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL986) RNDA 16-3-43 Cv 736Sq St.Merryn 'AC-A' 9-43 715Sq St.Merryn 17-8-44 to 10-44 Retd RAF 1-45
NX909 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex EN890) RNDA 16-3-43 Cv 879Sq Stretton 15-5-43 761Sq Henstridge 10-43 Ran off runway nosed up Cat X 7-12-43 SubLt DJ Edwards. Prop hit lorry 3-3-44 Lt JE Bullen. Onto grass taxying nosed up Cat S 24-3-44 SubLt CE John... ...
NX910 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL420) Cv ASTH 21-3-43 Donisbristle store 31-5-43 761Sq Henstridge 10-43 to 12-43 Collided parked fire tender Cat X2 15-11-43 SubLt EHS Singleton ASTH tested 14-5-44 761Sq Henstridge 25-5-44 to 6-44
NX911 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL983) Cv ASTH 21-3-43 Donisbristle store 11-6-43 842Sq from 30-7-43 842Sq fast approach damaged 8-10-43 Lt A Sachnovsky 761Sq Henstridge 2-44 Nosed up damaging prop C3 5-3-44 SubLt CL Jones. Port tyre burst onto gra... ...
NX912 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL597) Cv ASTH 20-3-43 809Sq Stretton 14-5-43 to 6-43 761Sq Henstridge 7-43 to 12-44 Crashed after dropping port wing landing Cat Y 12-4-44 Lt FL Haynes
NX913 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL846) Cv ASTH 20-3-43 809Sq Stretton 20-5-43 761Sq Henstridge 5-43 Low approach hit tree 300yds from SW corner of airfield Cat Z 8-11-43 SubLt RF Ringrose+
NX914 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AD580) Cv ASTH 11-4-43 Lee-on-Solent 20-5-43 DAWT Lee-on-Solent 7-43 768Sq Machrinanish/Ayr/Abbotsinch 8-43 Taxied into soft ground nosed over Ayr 14-1-44 Lt J Melville. Into barrier Cat Y2 13-3-44 SubLt JH Kernahan.... ...
NX915 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AD567) Cv ASTH 8-4-43 VA Worthy Down 21-5-43 (weights and CG load of production aircraft) Hamble to 736Sq St.Merryn 29-5-43 715Sq St.Merryn 17-8-44 to 10-44 Retd RAF 12-44
NX916 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL675) Cv ASTH 8-4-43 AHU Stretton 5-43 761Sq Henstridge 6-43 Ran off runway nosed up 11-2-44 SubLt GH Brittain. f/l bad visibility and fuel shortage Cat Y1 26-10-44 Lt WJF Beever
NX917 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AB968) 761Sq Henstridge 5-43 to 1-44 engine failure f/l Cat Y1 26-9-43 Mid JS Fry 759Sq Yeovilton on f/l practice landed wheels-up Cat X2 20-3-44 SubLt JM Philp ADDLs port u/c collapsed landing Charlton Horethorne 1-... ...
NX918 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AB919) RNDA Cv 8-4-43 Lee-on-Solent store 20-5-43 748Sq St.Merryn 5-43 to 2-44 Hamble to 761Sq Henstridge 27-6-44 to 1-45
NX919 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AD365) RNDA Cv 8-4-43 store Lee-on-Solent 20-5-43 879Sq Stretton 4-43 [sic] 809Sq 7-43 to 12-43 Floated into barrier 'HMS Unicorn' Cat Y 31-7-43 Lt C Walker 736Sq St.Merryn 3-44 715Sq St.Merryn 17-8-44 to 10-44 Retd... ...
NX920 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL855) RNDA 22-4-42 Lee-on-Solent store 20-5-43 761Sq Henstridge 5-43 to 10-43 Heavy landing Cat X 14-8-43 SubLt EA Law
NX921 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL894) Cv ASTH 23-4-43 Stretton to 748Sq St.Merryn/Henstridge/Yeovilton 18-7-43 to 7-44 808Sq 4-44
NX922 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AD566) Deld 15MU 22-4-43 Cv Lee-on-Solent store 20-5-43 879Sq Stretton 4-43 (sic) 761Sq Henstridge 5-43 Failed to level off landing Cat Z 22-6-44 SubLt R Taylor
NX923 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BM420) Deld 15MU 22-4-43 Cv Lee-on-Solent store 20-5-43 761Sq Henstridge 5-43 to 11-43 842Sq 7-43 768Sq Ayr/Abbotsinch 'C' 7-43 to 5-44 Tail dropped heavily 'HMS Argus' 8-1-44 L/C AF Slaney
NX924 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BM580) Cv ASTH 23-4-43 736Sq St.Merryn 'AC-D' 9-43 f/l u/c sheared wings and prop damaged Ty-Croes Stn Anglesey Cat Y 11-12-43 Lt H Morrison (RNZN) slightly inj
NX925 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex EN839) Cv ASTH 23-4-43 St.Merryn 31-5-43 897Sq 7-43 801Sq 10-43 885Sq 1-44 FP Donibristle 9-44 [? prefix and Mk] 748Sq St.Merryn 8-45 Stalled landing u/c collapsed 4-10-45 SubLt PL Vaughan
NN627 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 15-2-45 1PATP Southport 4-45 894Sq bounced on after lift struck barrier 'HMS Implacable' 20-11-45 SubLt CB Erl
NN628 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 15-2-45 718Sq Henstridge'G3Q'/Ballyhalbert Hit lorry on taxiway 1-10-45 SubLt AD Henderson
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify