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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NF652 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 28-4-44 787Sq Wittering to St.Merryn 5-1-45 709Sq St.Merryn 'R' 3-45 to 9-45 AAEE 7-45 trls with NF599 NN263 and PX921 as per NF599
NF653 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 28-4-44 718Sq Henstridge 6-44 Ran out of petrol f/l wheels-up Cat ZZ 4-2-45 SubLt DSH Lynch
NF654 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-4-44 899Sq Long Kesh 8-44 to 3-45 Heavy landing stbd oleo collapsed Long Kesh Cat X1 23-8-44 SubLt EHS Singleton. Taxied into back of motor van Eglinton Cat LQ 12-1-45 Lt LJ Kelly RNARY Coimbatore Tested Cochin 1... ...
NF655 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-4-44 801Sq 6-44 to 8-44 768Sq Abbotsinch ballooned into barrier Cat HY 26-12-44 SubLt WP Bushby. Tested Donibristle 3-7-45 768Sq Ballyhalbert/Easthaven 'E2A' 9-45 Heavy landing port oleo collapsed 3-12-45 SubLt T... ...
NF656 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 14-1-45 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 23-4-45 887Sq 4-45 894Sq 5-45 to 6-45
NF657 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-4-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 7-44 Beach cover S.France stbd oleo collapsed damaged stbd wing and prop 17-8-44 SubLt DD James. Pecked landing Cat SS 13-3-45 SubLt AO Fry
NF658 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-4-44 809Sq bounced hit barrier 'HMS Stalker' Cat Y 15-8-44 SubLt AO Fry
NF659 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-4-44 RNARY Coimbatore Vizagapatam swung landing nosed over Code 3 14-9-45 Mid DP Baldwin
NF660 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-4-44 880Sq 9-44 894Sq 12-44 Port oleo collapsed landing 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat X 1-4-45 SubLt JD Alexander (RNZN)(887 Sqn) Stalled onto round-down 'HMS Indefatigable' 20-5-45 SubLt GW Draper
NF661 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-4-44 Tested Arbroath 11-7-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' low level attack on MT flew into hill Fuveaux nr Aix-en-Provence Cat Z 18-8-44 SubLt DA Cary (RCN) DoI in Pursuer 21-8-44
NF662 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 30-4-44 Tested Henstridge 6-6-44 Lee-on-Solent 7-6-44 801Sq 2-45 to 3-45 803Sq Arbroath from 15-6-45 Swung to stbd landing u/c collapsed 8-7-45 SubLt DD Gray
NF663 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-5-44 RNARY Coimbatore 757Sq Puttalam to 757Sq Tambaram 27-7-57 Tyre burst nosed up 10-8-45 L/C JW Ayres
NF664 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-5-44 RNARY Coimbatore 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 'AS' 10-44 to 3-45
NF577 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-3-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Bf109 damaged Normandy 16-6-45 SubLt JD MacIntee 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45 Eglinton to 772Sq Burscough 9-4-46
NF578 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 885Sq 8-44 Radiator cowling detached in flight Ballyhalbert Cat Y1 3-11-44 SubLt WA Woodfield 801Sq 2-45 AHU Donibristle 14-3-45 802Sq 5-45 to 7-45 806Sq stalled just short of runway Machrihanish 6-8-45 SubL... ...
NF579 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 Henstridge 17-4-44 885Sq 7-44 Taxying collision with oncoming aircraft Cat Y 19-8-44 SubLt FMD Brooshooft. Tested Donibristle 7/8-3-45
NF580 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch 'D' stalled onto round-down skidded into barrier on nose Cat HY 21-12-44 SubLt NA Dent
NF581 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq pecked landing Code 2 22-6-44 SubLt FA Dane. Heavy landing port oleo and wing damaged Cat X1 22-8-44 SubLt A Robson 768Sq Abbotsinch 11-44 Bounced caught No.7 prop clipped barrier 16-3-45 SubLt WT Wall... ...
NF582 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq 'HMS Furious' from 1-5-44 to 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch floated into barrier Cat Y1 1-11-44 Mid DN Duncan. Tested Belfast 19-12-44 768Sq Easthaven 8-45 Heavy landing port oleo collapsed 29-11-45 Lt JL Koech... ...
NF583 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-3-44 Arbroath to AHU Donibristle 3-8-44 801Sq Grimsetter 'P7F' 31-1-45 e/f on t/off f/l wheels up Jervis Bay 21-5-45 Lt S Jewers
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