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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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LR694 Seafire-IIc,
West
Rotol Staverton 11-6-43 (prop vibration tests 3-blade props) 33MU to Christchurch 13-8-43 809Sq mistook water for runway bad visibility burst tyre rudder torn Burscough Cat X1 23-12-43 SubLt RD Wood 809Sq hit barrier 'HM... ...
LR695 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 11-6-43 775Sq taxied into petrol bowser 29-5-45 SubLt J Willgoss
LR696 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 11-6-43 Kirkbride to Donibristle 19-7-43 897Sq Heavy landing damaged tail oleo 'HMS Unicorn' Cat X 27-8-43 SubLt WS Donnelly (RNZN). Ran off runway into soft ground nosed over Burscough Cat X2 7-11-43 SubLt IWE Litt... ...
LR697 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 11-6-43 880Sq 'HMS Stalker' 842Sq 7-43 897Sq 30-7-43 to 12-43 Floated into barrier 'HMS Unicorn' Cat X 20-8-43 SubLt B Razzall 798Sq Lee-on-Solent 6-45 Lee-on-Solent store overshot runway o/t 9-2-46 L/C MW Rudorf
LR698 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 11-6-43 Kirkbride to Donibristle 19-7-43 809Sq 8-43 'HMS Unicorn' hook failed to lower ordered to land Salerno beach Cat Z 10-9-43 SubLt JT Basley safe
LR699 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 18-6-43 RNARY Coimbatore 1-44 889Sq 4-44 Flew into drogue 'HMS Atheling' Cat X2 27-7-44 SubLt GA Bowser RNARY Clappenburg Bay 8-45 1700A Flt Trincomalee until 1-46
LR700 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 19-6-43 897Sq 8-43 809Sq 8-43 834Sq 10-43
LR701 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 19-6-43 Passage to Gibraltar badly damaged in hangar during gale 'HMS Hunter' 4/5-8-43 880Sq 'HMS Stalker' Halton to Machrihanish by Lt Mogridge (806 Sqn) 4-2-46
LR702 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 25-6-43 809Sq 8-43 834Sq 'Z' Heavy landing port u/c collapsed 'HMS Battler' Cat X1 23-2-44 Lt DAE Holbrook. Retd Durban late 1944
LR703 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 25-6-43 809Sq 7-43 887Sq 9-43 to 11-43 761Sq Henstridge 7-44 to 2-45 Taxied into tail of Spitfire BM453 6-8-44 SubLt JA Marriott. Swung stbd tailplane hit glim lamp 26-8-44 SubLt FG Swann. Tyre burst landing nosed u... ...
LR704 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 25-6-43 879Sq 12-43 Bounced over wires into barrier 'HMS Attacker' Cat Z1 19-9-44 SubLt WA Clarke safe
LR705 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 25-6-43 834Sq 'Y' port wing WO stbd wing damaged in hangar during gale 'HMS Hunter' 4/5-8-43 887Sq 11-43 807Sq 1943/4
LR706 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 26-6-43 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 8-43 Salerno ops engine overheating landed 'HMS Hunter' then retd 'HMS Attacker' badly damaged 10-9-43 SubLt RJH Grose
LR707 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 30-6-43 887Sq Heavy landing 'HMS Unicorn' 27-8-43 SubLt TD Lucey 809Sq Tail oleo hit round-down landing 'HMS Battler' 9-9-43 SubLt TD Lucey. Tested Yeovilton store 11-4-44 809Sq floated into barrier 'HMS Stalker' 20... ...
LR708 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 30-6-43 ADDLs at Church Broughton 13-7-45 (W/Cdr pilot)
LR709 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 2-7-43 809Sq 8-43 887Sq 9-43
LR710 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 2-7-43 Donisbristle store taxied into Swordfish L9739 24-8-43 SubLt JD Harris (RNZN) 808Sq overran runway o/t 25-11-43 Lt JB Leeming 879Sq bounced over wires and damaged LR643 NN128 and LR740 in forward deck park 'H... ...
LR711 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 2-7-43 885Sq 9-44 to 10-44 Tested Eglinton 10-45 767Sq Easthaven 2-46 to 4-46
LR712 Seafire-IIc,
West
15MU 2-7-43 807Sq 11-43 to 1-44 879Sq missed wires into barrier 5-5-44 SubLt JE Wilmshurst-Smith
LA559 Seafire-46,
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FF 16-12-46 RNAS Anthorn 24-1-47
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