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SerialPicModel,
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NF509 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-2-44 808Sq 5-44 886Sq 5-44 899Sq 6-44 to 8-44 880Sq 8-44 Machrihanish 21-9-44 801Sq weak brakes taxied into station bus on verge of track Schofields 17-9-45 Lt KV Newton
NF510 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 25-2-44 39MU 27-2-44 Lee-on-Solent 8-4-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 Tested St.Merryn 8-1-45 to 2-45 761Sq Henstridge 'G5P' 718Sq Eglinton 9-46 794Sq Eglinton '114/A' 11-46 to 2-47 'HMS Implacable' 7-4-47
NF511 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent f/l after opl sortie over Normandy crashed through three fields Godlington nr Swanage Dorset Cat Z 25-6-44 SubLt A Horstead DoI
NF512 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 715Sq St.Merryn 9-44 718Sq Henstridge tested 26-9-44 Ran out of petrol Cat ZZ 4-2-45 SubLt PJ Barclay safe
NF513 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 718Sq Henstridge 9-44 Tested Donibristle 9-3-45 761Sq Henstridge 6-45 to 10-45 Port tyre deflated nosed up on soft ground 14-6-45 SubLt WB Youngman
NF514 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 HQ ADGB (Naval Admin Office) Northolt 5-44 Lossiemouth to Skeabrae 3-9-44 880Sq 3-45 to 6-45 Coded 'B' at Inskip display 10-45
NF515 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 39MU 27-2-44 Lee-on-Solent 4-4-44 894Sq 7-44 Lossiemouth to 801Sq Skeabrae 3-9-44 to 2-45 802Sq 5-45 to 6-45 Collided in formation 12-5-45 L/C RI Hargreaves 806Sq prop struck runway Machrihanish 6-8-45 SubLt... ...
NF516 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 39MU 27-2-44 Lee-on-Solent 18-3-44 Donisbristle store 9-8-44 894Sq 12-44 Broke stbd oleo and prop landing Cat LQ 7-3-45 SubLt IHS Morgan. Opl flight emergency landing landed between Nos.3 and 4 wires but fai... ...
NF517 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 Tested Cochin 6-7-45
NF518 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 886Sq 6-44 807Sq 6-44 to 11-44 808Sq 8-44 to 10-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 3-45 tailwheel caught wire Cat LX 11-7-45 SubLt WTS Buchan
NF519 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 Tested Donibristle 19-11-44 Tested by 807Sq pilot Ta Kali 22-2-45 Dekheila 24-2-45 899Sq Caught No.8 wire into barriers Chaser Cat HY 1-3-45 SubLt DH Grime 807Sq 4-45 to 5-45
NF520 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 26-2-44 Belfast to Donibristle 10-5-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 2-10-44 and 7-12-44 Trincomalee 1945 WO (on a Sqn?)
NF521 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-2-44 Yeovil to 39MU 2-3-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 13-12-44 894Sq '130/S' A6M shot down in sea during raid Sakishima Islands shared with SubLt RH Reynolds in '141/S' 1145 4-5-45 SubLt RC Kay 728Sq Ta Kali 'M2L'
NF522 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-2-44 39MU 4-3-44 Lee-on-Solent 19-3-44 761Sq Henstridge to Lee-on-Solent 17-4-44 Tested Donibristle 16-10-44 879Sq 1-45 809Sq 2-45
NF523 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-2-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 15-24-12-44 Short of fuel in bad weather Cat S 22-12-44 SubLt R Taylor. f/l stbd wheel sank in soft ground nosed over 24-12-44 Lt HG Thom (RAN) 761Sq Henstridge 6-45
NF524 Seafire-III,
West
RNDA 29-2-44 Tested Yeovilton store 23-5-44 899Sq 6-44 880Sq 8-44 Tall hit prop of Hurricane Hatston Cat X1 3-9-44 SubLt ED Pye. Machrihanish to AHU Donibristle 25-11-44 809Sq 11-44 Tested Donibristle 27-2-45 761Sq Henst... ...
MV513 HFVIII,
?
6MU 15-10-44 215MU 27-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-701 2AD storage 26-12-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV514 HFVIII,
?
6MU 15-10-44 215MU 9-12-44 'Coptic'/'LS.2495' 27-12-44 Australia 10-2-45 RAAF as A58-722 3AD storage 16-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
NF418 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 31-12-43 Westland CRD VAWD 2-1-44 761Sq Henstridge 3-45 to 10-45 Stalled short of runway 17-3-45 L/C RC Pearson
NF419 Seafire-III,
West
FW RNDA 31-12-43 Burscough to 899Sq Belfast 22-2-44 Taxied into by NF420 25-4-44 Landed hook up 5-7-44 Mid BR Taylor 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 1-45 Caught No.8 wire into barrier Cat LQ 2-5-45 SubLt FP Curry. Ki43 possibly damag... ...
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