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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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NF526 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-2-44 Henstridge to Yeovilton 2-5-44 899Sq 'A' 8-44 Swung to stbd landing damaged prop and wing port u/c collapsed 1-6-45 SubLt LA Bradbury. Tested Bankstown 12-45 Tested Bankstown 10-46 to 12-46 Coded '117' once
NF531 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 4-3-44 886Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Port wingtip scraped the ground 28-4-44 SubLt WA Wallace 808Sq Landed wheels-up 22-8-44 SubLt NJ Bowen. Tested Belfast 20-12-44 899Sq 1-45 to 2-45 803Sq Arbroath 7-45 883Sq Arbroath/Machrih... ...
NF480 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 31-1-44 885Sq port tyre burst on t/off St.Merryn Cat Y1 23-3-44 Lt SL Devonald 807Sq landed u/c not locked down Marble Arch LG Cat LX 7-2-45 SubLt R Brook
NF481 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq 3-44 to 4-44 718Sq 6-44 899Sq 'C' 10-44 to 6-45 Crail to 794Sq Eglinton 15-11-46 Landed port oleo partially retracted 4-12-46 SubLt A Davidson
NF482 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent 4-44 Out of fuel believed AA punctured tank f/l in field near gliders S of France 7-6-44 SubLt RJ Foxley retd 9th. A/c evidently recovered 808Sq 10-44 715Sq St.Merryn 6-45 761Sq Henstridge... ...
NF483 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 808Sq 5-44 to 10-44 Tail oleo struck concrete edge fuselage damaged Cat X1 31-8-44 SubLt FP Tyler 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45 Collided Corsair KD779 taxying 19-9-45 Lt SFF Shotton. Tested Eglinton 3-46
NF484 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq 3-44 808Sq 5-44 Damaged rudder taxying 28-9-44 SubLt JK Radnor. At Ballyhalbert engine failure after low-level bombing ditched Cat Z 8-10-44 SubLt FP Tyler safe
NF485 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq 3-44 4-44 718Sq Henstridge 6-44 808Sq 8-44 to 11-44
NF486 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq 3-44 5-44 808Sq Lee-on-Solent shot down by Bf109s over Normandy Cat Z 7-6-44 Cdr JM Keene-Miller (Cdr Flying Lee-on-Solent-on-Solent) PoW
NF487 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 RAE 3-44 (Cartridge initiated t/off Landing trls with Hawarden arrester gear) 886Sq 4-44 to 5-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 7-44 Cowling adrift damaged prop Cat X1 17-8-44 SubLt PM Lamb. Bounced burst both tyres Cat... ...
NF488 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq 5-44 to 6-44 885Sq 5-44 808Sq 8-44 Swung stbd landing port oleo collapsed Eglinton Cat X1 29-9-44 SubLt NJ Bowen 715Sq St.Merryn 6-45 to 7-45
NF489 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 787Sq Wittering/Tangmere 4-44 to 3-45 761Sq Henstridge 3-45 to 4-45 760Sq Lee-on-Solent/Henstridge 'J' 12-45 to 1-46 Yeovilton store stbd tyre burst on t/off wheels-up landing 1-7-46 SubLt RCC Hay
NF490 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 5-2-44 RAE 3-44 AAEE and VAWD 7-44 arrester gear trls
NF491 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 10-2-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent spotting for Mauritius damaged Fw190 chased another Normandy 8-6-44 Lt RM Crosley 808Sq 8-44 to 9-44 CRO Belfast CB repairs 4-1-45 RY 28-6-45 794Sq St.Merryn/Eglinton 7-45 to 11-45
NF492 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 11-2-44 39MU 12-2-44 Lee-on-Solent 19-4-44 Tested Arbroath 3-8-44 809Sq stbd oleo leg damaged landing 'HMS Stalker' Cat X1 27-11-44 SubLt DD James 807Sq bounced caught wire into barrier 'HMS Hunter' 4-6-45 Mid JS Fr... ...
NF493 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 11-2-44 39MU 15-2-44 885Sq 8-44 808Sq 8-44 709Sq St.Merryn 'S5N' prop and half reduction gear fell off in DB practice Trelliga Range Cat Z 15-11-44 (pilot unhurt)
NF494 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 11-2-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' by 11-44 Heavy landing damaged oleo leg 16-3-45 SubLt RHF Lavender. Heavy landing damaged port u/c 2-5-45 Bounced through barriers u/c removed landed on stbd Oerlikon 5-5-45 SubLt D McDon... ...
NF495 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 12-2-44 Tested Arbroath 19-7-44 808Sq 8-44 894Sq hit top of No.1 barrier with u/c o/t 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat ZZ 4-12-44 SubLt DD Leighton
NF496 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 12-2-44 RNARY Coimbatore taxying accident 4-6-45 SubLt G Easton 757Sq Puttalam swung landing up on nose 25-7-45 SubLt FE Nelson
NF497 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 12-2-44 885Sq 7-44 to 10-44 Taxying accident 8-8-44 SubLt RE Goadsby 899Sq 'D6Y' 12-44 to 4-45 Heavy landing tailwheel spindle broke Cat HC 9-2-45 SubLt VS Lowden 807Sq 7-45 [prefix?]
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