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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NN209 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-6-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 10-12-44 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' port oleo collapsed landing Cat LX 17-1-45 SubLt MP Sutton. Landed across deck missed wires into barrier Code 3 15-3-45 SubLt JD Pywell
NN210 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-7-44 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' Operation Meridian II shared Ki21 shot down own engine hit by return fire ditched Cat ZZ 29-1-45 SubLt SW Hayes picked up after 11/2 hrs in punctured Mae West
NN211 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-7-44 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' 8-44 Port tyre burst debris damaged prop Cat S 13-9-44 SubLt JD Pywell. Heavy landing stbd oleo collapsed damaged prop 4-5-45 SubLt GJ Murphy. Bounced into No.2 barrier 5-5-45 SubLt... ...
NN212 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 6-7-44 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' '112/S' stbd wing hit gun director aft of island landing 3-3-45 SubLt IG Hepworth. Escorting Avengers to Kisarazu airfield 30ml S of Tokyo A6M shot down with smoke and flames from en... ...
NN213 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 6-7-44 887Sq caught no 7 wire broke back 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat ZZ 24-1-45 SubLt J Birtle safe
NN214 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 6-7-44
NN227 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 8-7-44 RNARY Coimbatore 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' 2-45 Port tyre burst pecked Cat LQ 31-3-45 SubLt CM Miseldine. Hook broke on wire into barrier 1-4-45 SubLt JM Halliwell
NN228 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 8-7-44 33MU 12-7-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 7-12-44 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' Stbd u/c collapsed Cat LY 24-5-45 SubLt EO Atkin safe. AFTU Tyre burst taxying ground looped port u/c collapsed Amarda Rd CB 21-6-45 F/O... ...
NN229 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 8-7-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 5-12-44 887Sq 4-45
NN230 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 8-7-44 33MU 14-7-44 RNARY Coimbatore 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' stalled and spun in going round again burnt out 2ml N of Katukurunda Cat ZZ 20-12-44 SubLt HW Ostergaard+
NN231 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 8-7-44 880Sq 11-44 to 1-45
NN232 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 8-7-44 39MU 14-7-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 RNARY Coimbatore 887Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' '122/S' into barrier 27-3-45 SubLt LA Bradbury. D3A shot down abandoned Sakishima Islands (shared with CPO W Daniel own aircraft da... ...
NN233 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 12-7-44 To Aeronavale
NN234 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 12-7-44 RNARY Coimbatore 757Sq Puttalam/Tambaram 5-45 to 9-45 Heavy landing port wheel broke off u/c collapsed 21-5-45 SubLt DN Wright. To Trincomalee To Aeronavale?
NN235 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 12-7-44 Grimsetter to 887Sq 17-9-44 Landed to port prop blade clipped arrester wire 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat LX 29-11-44 SubLt JD Pywell. Tested Mascot 28-6-45 to 2-7-45 Tested Eglinton 1-47 to 3-47 To Aeronavale
NN236 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 14-7-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 8-3-45 757Sq Puttalam caught wire prop hit barrier 14-7-45 SubLt GA Dye. t/off Trincomalee RNAMY Clappenburg Bay 8-45
NN237 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 14-7-44 808Sq 8-44 to 9-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 5-12-44 894Sq 12-44 to 5-45
NN238 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 14-7-44 757Sq Puttalam hit steam roller taxying 17-5-45 SubLt WT Waller. Port engine cowling detached damaged tail unit 19-6-45 SubLt PF Wrighton. Trincomalee Written off 8-45
NN239 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 14-7-44 894Sq 12-44 to 1-45
NN240 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 18-7-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 17-4-45 RNAMY Clappenburg 7-45 757Sq Puttalam Stbd oleo damaged landing 20-9-45 SubLt DE Ironside
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