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SerialPicModel,
Factory
Notes    (click note to toggle full text)
NX893 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL546) Cv ASTH 1-2-43 897Sq Lee-on-Solent 25-4-43 to 6-43 778Sq Crail/Arbroath 8-43 to 2-45 [778B Flt 'HMS Pretoria Castle' on 11-12-43] 748Sq Dale/St.Merryn 7-45 Nosed over into ditch taxying in strong wind 16-10-45... ...
NX894 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL529) Cv ASTH 27-2-43 Lee-on-Solent 19-4-43 761Sq Henstridge 10-43 to 5-44 798Sq Lee-on-Solent 6-45
NX895 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL301) Cv ASTH 10-3-43 AHU Stretton 7-5-43 759Sq Yeovilton 'Y1O' u/c collapsed 7-1-44 SubLt PG Adams 761Sq Henstridge 4-44 to 2-45 798Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-45 to 6-45
NX896 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL750) RNDA 10-3-43 Cv Lee-on-Solent 897Sq 7-5-43 to 6-43 748Sq St.Merryn/Henstridge/Yeovilton 8-43 to 4-44 759Sq Yeovilton 7-44 Taxied into stationary Wildcat FN144 Cat X1 27-8-44 SubLt AJ Hayman. Landed wheels-up C... ...
NX897 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL373) RNDA 21-1-43 Cv ASTH Machrihanish 31-5-43 ros 13-5-43 842Sq from 30-7-43 to 8-43 768Sq Machrihanish/Ayr/Abbotsinch 7-43 Into barrier 'HMS Argus' Cat X1 17-3-44 SubLt JG Barrett. Into barrier 'HMS Argus' 5-4-44... ...
NX898 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BL958 was to be EP169) Cv ASTH 14-3-43 801Sq 1943 736Sq landed u/c jammed up Cat Y 20-7-43 L/C RE Gardner 761Sq Henstridge 10-43 to 7-44 Overran nosed up Cat X 4-11-43 SubLt GE Thomas. Port wing hit ground Cat Y1 10-... ...
NX899 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AD387) Cv ASTH 14-3-43 809Sq Stretton 14-5-43 Hydraulic failure u/c collapsed on landing Cat Y 29-6-43 SubLt AJ Houston 801Sq 'U' 9-43 Bounced caught wire bounced again stbd u/c through wing 'HMS Furious' Cat X1 4-11... ...
NX900 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BM625) Cv ASTH 26-11-42 809Sq Stretton 14-5-43 to 6-43 761Sq Henstridge 8-43 to 3-45 Taxied into traffic lights damaged prop 9-11-44 SubLt IA Pools [ALSO 808Sq 4-44 to 5-44 ]
NX901 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex BM377) Cv ASTH 26-11-42 897Sq Lee-on-Solent 14-5-43 to 6-43 809Sq 7-43 736Sq St.Merryn 3-44 715Sq St.Merryn 17-8-44 to 10-44
NX902 Seafire-Ib,
AST
(ex AD358) Cv ASTH 15-3-43 Machrihanish 31-5-43 736Sq St.Merryn 7-44 Lee-on-Solent ferry swung to port stbd oleo collapsed Cat LX 1-3-45 Lt DC Coates
NN570 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 4-1-45 Tested FP Donibristle 6-6-45 805Sq 'K' stbd u/c failed to lock down collapsed landing stbd wing damaged Machrihanish 15-7-45 Lt RAD Watts 748Sq St.Merryn 1-46 Taxying ran on to grass on nose 4-2-46 L/C JFO Wi... ...
NN571 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 19-12-44 761Sq Henstridge 3-45 to 9-45 759Sq Yeovilton 2-46 to 3-46 767Sq Easthaven bounced into barrier 4-3-46 Lt JE Bullen 771Sq Gosport 'GP9C' 7-46
NN572 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 5-1-45 801Sq 3-45 761Sq Henstridge 3-45 to 7-45 759Sq Yeovilton 2-46
NN573 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 9-1-45 Attd SAAFS accident Code 3 29-3-45 Ponam to 880Sq 21-6-45 801Sq 11-9-45 Taxying down slope ran off track on nose Coimbatore 18-9-45 SubLt DW Howe 794Sq Eglinton 1-46
NN574 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 4-1-45 39MU 5-1-45 ATA Kirkbride 27-3-45 802Sq 7-45 803Sq Arbroath 7-45 to 8-45 Machrihanish to Burscough 25-3-46 Yeovilton 3-4-46
NN575 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 11-1-45 787Sq Tangmere 3-45 778Sq Arbroath to 708Sq Gosport 18-5-45 to 8-45 794Sq Eglinton 2-46 to 3-46
NN576 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 8-1-45 803Sq Arbroath 'F' 7-45 759Sq Yeovilton 2-46 Eglinton 7-3-46 Anthorn 3-46
NN577 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 5-1-45 759Sq Eglinton 'Y5G'
NN578 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 8-1-45 761Sq Henstridge u/c failure controlled landing on stbd oleo 2-3-45 Lt JCS Wright. Taxied into by NN463 31-7-45 SubLt TM Sutcliffe (RNZN)
NN579 Seafire-III,
COA
RNDA 10-1-45 AHU Donibristle to Abbotsinch 9-3-45 802Sq from 5-45 Collided with NN515 taxying on runway Ayr 18-7-45
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