Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
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| NN241 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 18-7-44 33MU to Sherburn 17-8-44 894Sq 10-44 801Sq 12-44 Hatston to 880Sq 17-1-45 to 2-45 Tested Donibristle 9-4-45 778Sq Arbroath 19-4-45 to 8-45 741Sq St.Merryn closed throttle during t/off nosed over at end of ru... ... | ||
| NN242 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-7-44 894Sq 8-44 to 9-44 807Sq low approach u/c broke on round-down 'HMS Hunter' Cat ZZ 27-3-45 SubLt MV Reppenstall safe. Jettisoned | ||
| NN170 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 10-6-44 AHU Donibristle to Hatston 11-10-44 Lee-on-Solent to Cosford 17-12-44 801Sq 2-45 802Sq from 5-45 to 7-45 Flying as No.3 collided section leader from stbd quarter above Arbroath 12-5-45 SubLt HL Pyrah safe | ||
| NN171 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 10-6-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 18-6-45 Trincomalee 8-45 | ||
| NN172 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 10-6-44 AHU Donibristle to Hatston 28-10-44 Donibristle to 778Sq Arbroath 21-4-45 trls on Nairana 10-9-45 760Sq Lee-on-Solent swung off runway u/c collapsed 31-10-45 SubLt JA Dickins | ||
| NN173 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 14-6-44 AHU Donibristle to Hatston 30-10-44 801Sq 2-45 880Sq 13-4-45 Missed wires into barrier 'HMS Implacable' 30-4-45 SubLt JE Letham | ||
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| NN174 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-6-44 798Sq Lee-on-Solent 'L2T' late 1944 778Sq Arbroath 12-44 Deck Landing Trials in 'HMS Venerable' 30-1-45 to 1-2-45 and 'HMS Vengeance' 22/23-1-45 Hook hit round-down snapped up into barrier Cat ZZ 12-4-45 Sub... ... | ||
| NN175 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 16-6-44 33MU 20-6-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 17-5-45 Trincomalee 15-7-45 | ||
| NN176 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 16-6-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 894Sq into barrier 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat HY 15-3-45 SubLt IHS Morgan | ||
| NN177 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 16-6-44 894Sq caught wire buckled fuselage 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat HY 6-1-45 SubLt RH Reynolds | ||
| NN178 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 16-5-45 and 13-6-45 807Sq 7-45 757Sq Puttalam/Tambaram 'P35' floated into No.2 barrier crashed on forward lift 24-8-45 SubLt DE Ironside. To Trincomalee 8-45 | ||
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| NN179 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 879Sq 2-45 807Sq taxied into stationary lorry Dekheila 14-12-44 Lt JEM Thornhill. Pitching deck landed heavily to port damaging u/c and prop 'HMS Hunter' Cat LX 17-7-45 SubLt WC Whitlam | ||
| NN180 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 33MU 22-6-44 52MU 4-7-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 Shipped to FE 9-7-44 Arr RNARY Coimbatore 22-9-44 Stored 13-11-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 28-2-45 RNAMY Katukurunda 9-4-45 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 'U' 9-4-45 Bounced... ... | ||
| NN181 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 879Sq 1-45 to 2-45 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 19-6-45 807Sq 8-45 to 12-45 | ||
| NN182 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 18-4-45 807Sq 5-45 Henstridge 1-1-46 | ||
| NN183 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 33MU 22-6-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' landed heavily burst tyre tipped prop Cat LQ 3-3-45 SubLt NT Quigley RNARY Coimbatore to Trincomalee 8-4-45 801Sq 12-4-45 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable'... ... | ||
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| NN184 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 17-6-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 31-5-45 Trincomalee store 16-7-45 879Sq caught wire bounced heavily stbd u/c collapsed 'HMS Attacker' 10-8-45 SubLt GH Wilson (RNZN) | ||
| NN185 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 21-6-44 1PATP Southport 8-44 887Sq '124/S' (flown as 'MM185') Tested RNARY Coimbatore 29-5-45 757Sq Tambaram 8-45 engine failure pilot just failed to reach runway 5-10-45 SubLt J Cole | ||
| NN186 | Seafire-III, West |
LFIII RNDA 21-6-44 A Sqn AAEE from 15-7-44 to 9-44 (smoke float) 887Sq landed hook up into No.1 barrier 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat HY 13-4-45 SubLt RC Kay RNARY Coimbatore 894Sq burst tyre taxying on to wingtip 11-2-46 Lt D... ... | ||
| NN187 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 21-6-44 Cochin to RNARY Coimbatore 18-4-45 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 27/28-5-45 | ||
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