Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
| Serial | Pic | Model, Factory | Notes (click note to toggle full text) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| NF584 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq from 5-44 880Sq 'HMS Furious' 761Sq Henstridge swung to port on landing stbd oleo collapsed 27-3-45 SubLt GO Jones 794Sq St.Merryn stalled short of runway 23-6-45 SubLt GMJ Brown (RNZN) | ||
| NF585 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 31-3-44 RNARY Coimbatore 807Sq Tail struck round-down Cat HY 26-2-45 SubLt JH Brewer | ||
| NF586 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 15-4-44 33MU 18-4-44 Ringway to Prestwick 5-6-44 885Sq 8-44 801Sq 9-44 736Sq 'YOX' ferrying Colossus to Hal Far spun in sea attempting barrel roll at 300ft Cat Z 20-3-45 L/C DG Brooker+ (1846Sq CO) | ||
| NF587 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 20-4-44 33MU to Henstridge 9-5-44 Tested Arbroath 19/29-7-44 885Sq 8-44 879Sq e/f abandoned Cat ZZ 15-12-44 SubLt HC Vane safe | ||
| NF588 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 31-3-44 Henstridge to Lee-on-Solent 6-6-44 Donibristle 4-8-44 801Sq 2-45 899Sq 3-45 882Sq 5-45 f/l crashed nr Arbroath Cat ZZ 18-5-45 SubLt ML van den Brink (RNeN) DoI soon after returning from visiting his recently... ... | ||
| NF589 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 31-3-44 899Sq 'W' 8-44 to 11-44 16FPP Stalled on approach crashed at end of runway and u/c collapsed Abbotsinch CE 23-10-44 1/O CHS Turnbull safe | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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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