Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
| Serial | Pic | Model, Factory | Notes (click note to toggle full text) | |
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| 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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| LR754 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 27-8-43 Christchurch to Lee-on-Solent 24-10-43 807Sq 11-43 Hit round-down burst tyre pecked 'HMS Hunter' Cat Y1 9-4-44 SubLt PWJ Webb CRD Belfast 20-5-44 RY 20-12-44 761Sq Henstridge 3-45 768Sq Easthaven 11-45 engin... ... | ||
| LR755 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 28-8-43 834Sq 'HMS Battler' 8-43 to 3-44 RNARY Coimbatore 1-44 to 3-44 889Sq 4-44 to 8-44 Prop damaged stbd oleo bent 'HMS Atheling' 27-6-44 SubLt GH Brittain | ||
| LR756 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 28-8-43 807Sq 11-43 to 1-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 4-44 Prop tips damaged on wires 15-6-44 SubLt CP Mason. Caught wire bounced stalled heavily 8-10-44 SubLt DD James | ||
| LR757 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 4-9-43 807Sq 11-43 RNARY Coimbatore 1-44 to 3-44 Puttalam store 4-44 757Sq 9-44 to 10-44 | ||
| LR758 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 4-9-43 33MU to 15MU 19-9-43 RNARY Coimbatore 12-43 to 3-44 761Sq Henstridge 11-44 to 12-44 | ||
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| LR759 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 11-9-43 787Sq Wittering 2-44 to 3-44 736Sq St.Merryn 4-44 to 5-44 to 1 879Sq floated into barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Z 1 15-8-44 SubLt DA Gibson [also reported as 761Sq Henstridge 11-44 to 12-44] | ||
| LR760 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 11-9-43 879Sq caught No.5 wire but hit barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Z1 21-8-44 Lt G Ogilvy safe | ||
| LR761 | Seafire-IIc, West |
LIIc/PR 15MU 17-9-43 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' low level PR exercise led a flight of Seafires into hillside Glenarm nr Larne Cat Z 29-1-44 Lt GPL Pardoe+ Wreckage to Shorts Belfast CE 18-2-44 | ||
| LR762 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 17-9-43 Christchurch to Lee-on-Solent 4-11-43 889Sq 'Z' 1-44 [later?] 768Sq Abbotsinch hook caught pecked Cat SS 2-2-45 Lt NJ Geary (RCN) | ||
| LR763 | Seafire-IIc, West |
15MU 25-9-43 809Sq hit round-down tore off hook into barrier 'HMS Stalker' 2-8-44 SubLt RD Wood 899Sq 9-44 | ||
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| LR764 | Seafire-IIc, West |
RY 25-9-43 A Sqn AAEE 30-10-63 (handling with Seafire MkIII tail unit) | ||
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Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 23-4-43 A Sqn AAEE 5-43 [or W/E 7-8-43] (climb and level speed perf trls). Later re designated FIIc because of non-folding wings Weights and CG load 11-43- trls with 30gal overload tank 250lb GP or SAP bombs. 3 x 27... ... | |
| LR766 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 29-5-43 VA Worthy Down 9-6-43 (contractors trls-weights and CG load of first Westland FIII) A Sqn AAEE 15-10-43(performance) Westland Yeovilton to IAD Flt RAE 25-11-43 (gyro gunsight tests) 787Sq Wittering 10-12-43... ... | ||
| LR767 | Seafire-III, West |
RNDA 30-6-43 787Sq Wittering 10-43 894Sq collided LR865 during formation aerobatics Cat X2 16-3-44 SubLt IHS Morgan. e/f on t/off u/c collapsed 24-4-44 SubLt PA Meakin. Tested RNARY Donibristle 24-11-44 AHU Abbotsinch 9-... ... | ||
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