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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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LR734 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 27-7-43 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' late 1943 885Sq '2H' from 8-44 until 11-44 728Sq Ta Kali 1-46
LR735 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 27-7-43 AHU Abbotsinch swung off runway nosed up in soft ground Renfrew Cat X 16-12-43 Lt HR Dinock 879Sq into barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Y1 2-2-44 SubLt G Calder 761Sq Henstridge u/c selected up before airborne 10-... ...
LR736 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 27-7-43 809Sq 4-44 engine failure on t/off belly landed 20-6-44 SubLt DS Ogle 728Sq Ta Kali 6-45 to 7-45
LR737 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 30-7-43 Heston to Ratcliffe 10-9-43 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 11-1-44 Heavy landing stbd u/c collapsed 3-5-44 SubLt RGW Barker HQ Flt 'HMS Stalker' 3-5-44 AHU Abbotsinch 5-44 Belfast 16-10-44 Shipped to Med arr RNARY Dekh... ...
LR738 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 30-7-43
LR739 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 31-7-43 Lee-on-Solent to Hawarden 29-2-44 808Sq 9-44 to 10-44 809Sq 1-45 879Sq 3-45 728Sq Ta Kali 5-45 to 8-45
LR740 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 31-7-43 Christchurch to Harwell 22-12-43 Tested Yeovilton store 5/17-4-44 879Sq hit by LR710 in deck park 'HMS Attacker' 21-8-44 899Sq 8-44 to 9-44
LR741 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 31-7-43 Christchurch to Lee-on-Solent 11-11-43 879Sq 2-44 Hit tail of LR733 1-5-44 SubLt WA Clarke 'HMS Hunter' 14-6-44
LR742 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 6-8-43 Christchurch to Lee-on-Solent 17-1-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 809Sq 1-45 879Sq 2-45 to 3-45 728Sq Ta Kali 7-45
LR743 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 6-8-43 Tested Yeovilton store 6/19-4-44 885Sq from 8-44 to 10-44 879Sq heavy landing port u/c collapsed Dekheila 8-3-45 Mid RJ Watson
LR744 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 6-8-43 885Sq 9-44 until 1-44 Tested Eglinton 10-45
LR745 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 7-8-43 39MU to Christchurch 10-11-43 885Sq Ballyhalbert from 8-44 Port wingtip hit rating Cat S 3-11-44 SubLt J Fisher 775Sq Dekheila u/c failed to lower belly landing 21-8-45 SubLt E Walmsley
LR746 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 14-8-43 4FPP u/c failed to lower Arbroath CA 31-8-43 1/O M Bennett safe. Tested Arbroath 21-2-44 801Sq 4-44 to 6-44 768Sq Abbotsinch damaged prop on barrier Cat S 16-9-44 SubLt J Willgoss. Tail damaged 'HMS Ravager'... ...
LR747 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 14-8-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'HJ' 11-43 Fast landing with pitching deck Cat Z 5-5-44 Mid LL Beckford
LR748 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 14-8-43 Colerne to Christchurch 2-10-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'HN' 11-43 Dropped heavily on port oleo which collapsed Cat X1 30-4-44 SubLt ACB Ford
LR749 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 14-8-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' prop blade caught wire 9-8-44 L/C AF Slaney. Bounced over wires through barriers 27-8-44 SubLt M La Page
LR750 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 19-8-43 807Sq 11-43 757Sq Puttalam caught wire ran over port side of deck Cat Y1 27-6-44 Mid WE Eastham (RNZN) Allahabad to Nagpur 19-7-45 Test Flt Cochin 1-46
LR751 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 21-8-43 807Sq 12-43 Taxied off runway nosed over 'HMS Hunter' Cat X 25-2-44 Lt JB Leeming. e/f at 250ft on approach glided into sea sank Cat Z 11-6-44 SubLt JA Waugh (RNZN)+
LR752 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 21-8-43 Lee-on-Solent to 807Sq 24-10-43 u/c jammed belly landed Cat X2 3-2-44 SubLt ACB Ford 808Sq 8-44 to 10-44 Eglinton u/c collapsed Cat HY 31-12-44 SubLt DA Golding (1843 Sqn) Shorts CRO Belfast CE 8-3-45 [also... ...
LR753 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 21-8-43 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 'HL' 11-43 Hook and tail hit round-down Cat X1 10-6-44 SubLt LG Lloyd Bird strike Cat LQ 31-12-44 SubLt TI Ingle
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