Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
| Serial | Pic | Model, Factory | Notes (click note to toggle full text) | |
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| NF590 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 31-3-44 Tested Arbroath 19-7-44 to 3-8-44 809Sq 'D' 9-44 809Sq 3-45 At Trincomalee collided NN409 rejoining formation during wing bombardment and strafing exercise debris hit NF603 18ml NNW of airfield Cat ZZ 30-7-4... ... | ||
| NF591 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 31-3-44 757Sq Puttalam 7-45 757Sq to Tambaram 15-7-45 to 10-45 Taxying collision with Hellcat JX722 17-8-45 Lt JW Ayres | ||
| NF592 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 RNARY Coimbatore 807Sq 12-44 Swung off runway hit sand pile Dekheila 9-1-45 SubLt II MacGregor | ||
| NF593 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 Tested Donibristle 11-11-44 801Sq 3-45 880Sq 3-45 Fuselage damaged Cat LY 11-4-45 SubLt RJ Simpson. Trincomalee 7-45 757Sq Tambaram 8-45 | ||
| NF594 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 887Sq engine failure f/l wheels-up Eglinton Cat X2 18-6-44 SubLt GS Thomson 879Sq 3-45 Eglinton to Maydown 15-10-45 | ||
| NF595 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 'AV' 10-44 to 4-45 Tail oleo broke off landing Cat LQ 9-2-45 SubLt HC Vane 728Sq Ta Kali 1-46 | ||
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| NF596 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 760Sq Lee-on-Solent 805Sq Machrihanish 801Sq 7-44 to 8-44 768Sq Abbotsinch barrier crash Cat HY 25-11-44 SubLt A Fitchat (SANF) Donibristle 9-45 760Sq Lee-on-Solent 'D' hit Vickers oleo pump taxying 16-10-45... ... | ||
| NF597 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 709Sq 11-44 Tested Donibristle 29-1-45 880Sq 16-2-45 to 8-45 Swung to stbd landing into soft ground Grimsetter 8-3-45 SubLt MH Seigne. Swung off runway pecked Jervis Bay 19-5-45 SubLt JE Letham | ||
| NF598 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 768Sq Abbotsinch Taxied into tractor damaged stbd wing 'HMS Ravager' Cat X1 10-10-44 SubLt AG Knight. Caught last wire into barrier damaged prop and u/c fairings Cat X 14-10-44 SubLt IF Stirling (RNZN) Tail h... ... | ||
| NF599 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 885Sq 8-44 To 709Sq 11-44 to 9-45 AAEE 7-45 Carbon monoxide cockpit contam tests with NF652 and PX921 (Seafire III) and NN263 | ||
| NF600 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 ATA ferry Hawarden to Belfast 28-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 29-12-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 7-45 to 8-45 Caught wire tail lifted pecked 11-7-45 SubLt GH Wilson (RNZN) | ||
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| NF601 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 22-4-44 801Sq 'HMS Furious' from 1-5-44 to 9-44 787Y Flt 10-44 to 2-45 787Sq ran off taxiway tipped on nose 12-12-44 L/C RE Bibby. Speke to 736B Flt 1-3-45 to 4-45 | ||
| NF602 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 7-4-44 33MU 18-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 16-11-44 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' Operation Meridian I u/c failed abandoned Cat ZZ 24-1-45 SubLt WG Gibson picked up by Whirlwind [also reported as AHU Donibristle to Gri... ... | ||
| NF603 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-4-44 718Sq Henstridge 5-44 899Sq 6-44 761Sq Henstridge 11-44 to 3-45 809Sq 4-45 Hit by debris from mid air collision between NF590 and NN409 landed safely Trincomalee 30-7-45 SubLt JW Hill safe. To Trincomalee 8-... ... | ||
| NF604 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-4-44 772Sq Ayr from 17-4-46 to 6-46 | ||
| NF605 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-4-44 880Sq 8-44 to 9-44 801Sq 10-44 880Sq 2-45 803Sq Arbroath 'P' from 15-6-45 Acting as target for quarter attacks collided with LR820 landed safely Cat ZZ 6-8-45 SqLdr WL Nash safe | ||
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| NF606 | Seafire-III, West |
(FBLIII) RNDA 20-4-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 6-44 hit by fire from flakship caught fire dived in sea from 800ft S of Toulon Cat Z 16-8-44 Lt LG Lloyd+ | ||
| NF607 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-4-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 'SG' 6-44 Twisted hook and frame 19-8-44 SubLt GC Morris. Tail bounced heavily Cat X1 29-9-44 SubLt RGW Barker. Do24 dest Volos Harbour Greece shared MB133 MB269 NN134 and NN390 1015 17-1... ... | ||
| NF532 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 4-3-44 886Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Unable to estimate distance accurately 29-4-44 SubLt WA Wallace 885Sq 8-44 To 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45 794Sq Eglinton 3-46 to 4-46 | ||
| NF533 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 4-3-44 761Sq Henstridge 5-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent D-Day invasion spotting for RN presumed hit by flak f/l in field S of Hermanville-sur-Mer Normandy Cat Z 6-6-44 SubLt AH Bassett+ | ||
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