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Spitfire

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Serial Mk c/n Fac Eng History
MV456LFVIIISuperM669MU 10-9-44 82MU 20-9-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 SOC 14-2-46
MV457LFVIIICHAM666MU 17-9-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 152Sq SOC 30-5-46
MV458LFVIIISuperM669MU 10-6-44 82MU 25-8-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 17Sq Tyre burst on take-off belly landed Tennant 9-5-45 W/O J Cotterill safe SOC 12-6-45
MV459LFVIIISuperM669MU 9-9-44 222MU 29-9-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 8RFU AFS Engine cut belly-landed in river bed nr Ambala 26-6-47
MV460HFVIIISuperM706MU 10-9-44 82MU 18-9-44 'Port Wyndham'/'LS.1965' 21-9-44 Australia 8-11-44 RAAF as A58-664 3AD storage 13-11-44 SOC 16-9-49
MV461HFVIIISuperM706MU 11-9-44 82MU 18-9-44 'Port Wyndham'/'LS.1965' 21-9-44 Australia 8-11-44 RAAF as A58-665 3AD storage 13-11-44 SOC 16-9-49
MV462LFVIIICHAM66MU 16-9-44 82MU 25-9-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 SOC 31-7-47
MV463HFVIIISuperM706MU 16-8-44 82MU 13-9-44 'Port Wyndham'/'LS.1965' 21-9-44 Australia 8-11-44 RAAF as A58-666 3AD storage 13-11-44 SOC 16-9-49
MV464HFVIIISuperM706MU 8-9-44 82MU 18-9-44 'Port Wyndham'/'LS.1965' 21-9-44 Australia 8-11-44 RAAF as A58-667 3AD storage 13-11-44 SOC 16-9-49
MV465HFVIIISuperM706MU 10-9-44 82MU 21-9-44 'Sarpendon' 26-9-44 Australia 1-1-45 RAAF as A58-714 2AD storage 22-1-45 SOC 6-9-49
MV466HFVIIICHAM706MU 15-9-44 82MU 29-9-44 1PATP 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-643 79Sq 'UP-K' 8-7-45 auth for write off 22-5-46 SOC 15-11-48
MV467HFVIIISuperM706MU 9-9-44 82MU 18-9-44 'Port Wyndham'/'LS.1965' 21-9-44 Australia 8-11-44 RAAF as A58-668 3AD storage 13-11-44 SOC 16-9-49
MV468HFVIIISuperM706MU 10-9-44 82MU 21-9-44 'Port Fairy' 15-10-44 Australia 23-11-44 RAAF as A58-673 2AD storage 28-11-44 RAN 11-6-48 destroyed on fire dump
MV469HFVIIISuperM706MU 15-9-44 82MU 27-9-44 'Port Fairy' 15-10-44 Australia 23-11-44 RAAF as A58-674 2AD storage 28-11-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV470HFVIIICHAM706MU 15-9-44 82MU 27-9-44 'Port Fairy' 15-10-44 Australia 23-11-44 RAAF as A58-675 2AD storage 5-12-44 SOC 15-11-48
MV471HFVIIICHAM706MU 16-9-44 82MU 27-9-44 'Port Fairy' 15-10-44 Australia 23-11-44 RAAF as A58-676 2AD storage 29-11-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV472HFVIIICHAM706MU 18-9-44 82MU 27-9-44 1PATP 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-644 1AD storage 25-11-44 SOC 8-8-49
MV473HFVIIIKEAM706MU 17-9-44 82MU 27-9-44 1PATP 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-645 79Sq 'UP-V' 26-5-45 6AD storage 30-10-45 auth for write off 22-5-46 SOC 15-11-48
MV474HFVIIICHAM706MU 17-9-44 82MU 27-9-44 1PATP 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-646 452Sq 3-7-45 6AD 30-10-45 rtp 16-7-46
MV475HFVIIIKEAM70MU 17-9-44 82MU 26-9-44 'Port Fairy' 15-10-44 Australia 23-11-44 RAAF as A58-677 2AD 29-11-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV476HFVIIICHAM706MU 18-9-44 82MU 28-9-44 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-647 452Sq 'QY-V' 2-7-45 Hit by AA fire during bombing abandoned NW Borneo 12-7-45 SqLdr KM Barclay (DFC) rescued by ASR launch
MV477HFVIIISuperM706MU 23-9-44 82MU 29-9-44 1PATP 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-648 457Sq 1-7-45 6AD 30-10-45 rtp 11-12-45
MV478HFVIIISuperM706MU 25-9-44 82MU 4-10-44 1PATP 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-649 457Sq 'QY-G' 1-7-45 SOC 11-1-46 rtp
MV479HFVIIISuperM706MU 25-9-44 82MU 3-10-44 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-650 452Sq 28-7-45 Collided with truck on takeoff Croydon strip Tarakan 4-8-45 F/O KH Lee inj. rtp 21-9-45
MV480LFVIIISuperM669MU 23-9-44 215MU 6-10-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 81Sq 'FL-G' 6-45 10RIAF SOC 27-3-47
MV481HFVIIISuperM706MU 29-9-44 215MU 6-10-44 1PATP 'Sussex' 13-11-44 Australia 6-2-45 RAAF as A58-708 3AD storage 12-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV482HFVIIISuperM706MU 21-10-44 82MU 17-12-44 'City of Calcutta' 18-1-45 Australia 27-2-45 RAAF as A58-730 3AD storage 16-3-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV483LFVIIISuperM666MU 27-9-44 222MU 3-10-44 'Martaban'/'LS.2448' 30-10-44 India 8-12-44 155Sq 'DG-A' air collision with MD403 crashed Arnhemia Sumatra dbf CE 26-2-46 W/O WD Anderson+ SOC 14-3-46
MV484HFVIIISuperM706MU 14-10-44 215MU 23-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-695 2AD storage 26-12-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV485HFVIIISuperM706MU 27-9-44 215MU 6-10-44 'Sussex' 13-11-44 Australia 6-2-45 RAAF as A58-716 3AD storage 12-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV486HFVIIISuperM706MU 25-9-44 82MU 4-10-44 'Hororata' 15-10-44 Australia 30-11-44 RAAF as A58-651 79Sq 'UP-Z' 14-5-45 auth for write off 22-5-46 SOC 15-11-48
MV487HFVIIIKEAM706MU 1-10-44 215MU 18-10-44 'Ajax'/'LS.1972' 6-11-44 Australia 17-12-44 RAAF as A58-686 2AD storage 26-12-44 RAN 11-6-48 destroyed on fire dump
MV499HFVIIICHAM706MU 1-10-44 215MU 12-10-44 Liverpool 16-10-44 'Sussex' 8-11-44 Australia 6-2-45 RAAF as A58-707 3AD storage 12-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV500HFVIIICHAM706MU 1-10-44 215MU 12-10-44 1PATP 'Sussex' 13-11-44 Australia 6-2-45 RAAF as A58-709 3AD storage 12-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV501HFVIIICHAM706MU 1-10-44 215MU 12-10-44 'Sussex' 13-11-44 Australia 6-2-45 RAAF as A58-710 3AD storage 12-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV502HFVIIISuperM706MU 13-10-44 215MU 23-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-696 2AD storage 26-12-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV503HFVIIICHAM706MU 2-10-44 215MU 14-10-44 'Ajax'/'LS.1972' 6-11-44 Australia 17-12-44 RAAF as A58-687 2AD storage 22-12-44 6AD storage 12-12-45 SOC 15-11-48
MV504HFVIIISuperM706MU 8-10-44 215MU 14-10-44 'Ajax' 6-11-44 Australia 17-12-44 RAAF as A58-688 2AD storage 22-12-44 SOC 15-11-48
MV505HFVIIISuperM706MU 13-10-44 215MU 23-10-44 'Ajax' 6-11-44 Australia 17-12-44 RAAF as A58-689 2AD storage 22-12-44 SOC 15-11-48
MV506HFVIIISuperM706MU 6-10-44 215MU 1PATP 'Sussex' 13-11-44 Australia 6-2-45 RAAF as A58-711 3AD storage 12-2-45 SOC 16-9-49
MV507HFVIIISuperM706MU 15-10-44 215MU 23-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-697 2AD storage 26-12-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV508HFVIIISuperM706MU 8-10-44 215MU 14-10-44 3PATP 24-10-44 'Ajax' 6-11-44 Australia 17-12-44 RAAF as A58-690 2AD storage 22-12-44 SMSO 29-11-45 1AD storage 5-2-46 SOC 8-6-49
MV509HFVIIISuperM706MU 15-10-44 215MU 27-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-698 2AD storage 26-12-44 RAN 11-6-48 destroyed on fire dump
MV510HFVIIISuperM706MU 8-10-44 215MU 14-10-44 'Ajax' 6-11-44 Australia 17-12-44 RAAF as A58-691 2AD storage 26-12-44 RAN 11-6-48 destroyed on fire dump
MV511HFVIIISuperM706MU 15-10-44 215MU 27-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-699 2AD storage 26-12-44 SOC 6-9-49
MV512HFVIIISuperM706MU 15-10-44 215MU 23-10-44 1PATP 'Suffolk' 18-11-44 Australia 23-12-44 RAAF as A58-700 2AD storage 26-12-44 RAN 11-6-48 destroyed on fire dump
MV513HFVIIISuperM706MU 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
MV514HFVIIISuperM706MU 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
NF418Seafire IIIWestM55MFW 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
NF419Seafire IIIWestM55FW 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 damaged Sumatra shared NN300 16-5-45 SubLt WC Whitlam. Port oleo collapsed landing 4-6-45 SubLt F Logie (RNZN) Trincomalee 8-45
NF420Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 1-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 to 5-44 Taxied into NF419 Cat X1 25-4-44 Lt DC Coates. Tested RNARY Coimbatore 7-5-45 879Sq Caught No.8 wire into barrier Cat ZZ 10-8-45 SubLt LB Lees (RNZN) Trincomalee SOC
NF421Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 1-1-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'KS' from 3-44 to 5-44 Hal Far 4-45
NF422Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 8-1-44 899Sq HMS Chaser 'KL' from 3-44 Weathercocked into wind after landing into soft ground port oleo twisted Code 3 26-5-44 SubLt JG Barrett. Tested Arbroath 10-7-44 801Sq 1-45 to 3-45
NF423Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 8-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 879Sq ran off runway Th Kali 29-1-45 SubLt LB Lees (RNZN) 809Sq Dekheila practice DB blew up at 4000ft pilot abandoned Gianaclis bombing range Cat ZZ 11-2-45 SubLt G Johnson+ (parachute split)
NF424Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 8-1-44 Burscough to 899Sq Belfast 23-2-44 Swung off peritrack taxying to dispersal hit air raid shelter Long Kesh 7-5-44 Heavy landing port u/c collapsed Kheldive 14-5-44 Lt RIM Scott 807Sq 6-44 Hook up into barrier nosed over Cat ZZ 26-2-45 SubLt JH Brewer
NF425Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 8-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 to 6-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 2-45 Pecked landing Cat SS 10-3-45 S/L HL Aspinall (RNZN) Ran into PR136 in stream landing Cat HX 5-4-45 SubLt K Herring safe
NF426Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 8-1-44 39MU 14-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 to 6-44 885Sq '2A' 6-44 Tested Arbroath 10-7-44 899Sq 'CF' caught No.8 wire into barrier 5-3-45 SubLt GW Draper. Low level x-country struck steel wire 30-4-45 SubLt RB Taylor. Port tyre burst off runway nosed up in soft ground 20-7-45 Lt HH Salisbury. Bankstown to Schofields 20-9-45
NF427Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 18-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 to 6-44 807Sq floated into barriers 'HMS Hunter' 9-10-44 S/L JH Brewer
NF428Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 18-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 Tail and hook hit round-down jammed up hit barrier 'HMS Khedive' 24-5-44 Lt HH Salisbury
NF429Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 15-1-44 Donibristle 14-10-44 879Sq 12-44 At Dekheila dived too low on DB exercise struck ground exploded Gianaclis West landing strip Cat ZZ 29-1-45 SubLt KA Cain+
NF430Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 19-1-44 Tested Henstridge store 15-3-44 SF Schofields tyre burst ran off runway nosed up 20-3-45 SubLt GE Scott. Tested Nowra 24-4-45 796Sq 6-45 to 7-45
NF431Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 15-1-44 899Sq 4-44 708Sq Gosport 5-45 to 8-45 CRO Belfast CB repairs 24-10-45 RY 4-5-46
NF432Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 19-1-44 885Sq 10-44 To 715Sq 11-44 to 3-45 RNARY Coimbatore Trincomalee 8-45
NF433Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 19-1-44 899Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Wing struck branches low flying Code 9 20-3-44 SubLt BA Gentry
NF434Seafire IIIWestM55FW WAL 16-1-44 RNDA 19-1-44 39MU 21-1-44 899Sq Belfast 'J' (named Kelly's Eye) 24-2-44 AHU Arbroath 1-7-44 AHU Donibristle 24-7-44 Belfast store 18-10-44 Shipped to Med arr AR Dekheila 1-11-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 'Y' 15-12-44 Through barrier into deck park pushed NN416 overboard wrote off PP944 put .303in bullet through SubLt DF Mant's cap 'HMS Stalker' Cat ZZ 1-5-45 SubLt ACS Morrison. Jettisoned [also reported as 757Sq Tambaram 8 45 to 9-45 Port tyre burst landing 17-8-45 SubLt FR Young]
NF435Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 21-1-44 39MU 25-1-44 886Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Tested Yeovilton store 20/21-6-44 808Sq 9-44 899Sq 5-45 715Sq St.Merryn 2-45 to 11-45
NF436Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq 4-44 Tail hit round-down 'HMS Khedive' Cat Z 14-5-44 SubLt GC Shelley
NF437Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 Lost tailwheel landing Long Kesh 7-5-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 778Sq 'HMS Pretoria Castle' into barrier 26-3-45 Lt DR Carter
NF438Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 Swung ldg u/c collapsed Cat Y1 24-5-44 SubLt VS Lowdon
NF439Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 27-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' bounced into barrier Cat X1 25-9-44 SubLt CE Wright. Op Picnic hit by flak in attack on ship abandoned Petai Channel Cat Z 7-10-44 SubLt D Stewart+
NF440Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 AHU Arbroath 14-7-44 Tested Donibristle 15-10-44 879Sq engine failure f/l 10-1-45 SubLt TI McCartney
NF441Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 22-1-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'KW' from 3-44 Floated into barrier 'HMS Khedive' 11-4-44 Lt DC Coates 761Sq Henstridge 2-44 809Sq 3-45 to 4-45
NF442Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 27-1-44 885Sq 3-44 to 5-44? 899Sq from 3-44 to 12-44 709Sq St.Merryn BU pulling out from dive during army exercise Cat ZZ crashed Colbiggan Farm Innis Downs 2 1/2ml NE of Roche Cornwall Cat ZZ 23-6-45 Lt DA Davis+
NF443Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 27-1-44 807Sq 7-44 Lost height on takeoff 'HMS Hunter' ditched Cat Z 15-8-44 Lt JB Leeming safe
NF444Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 29-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 At Arbroath opl patrol lost leader climbing in cloud spun into field from 2000ft White Bog Croft nr RAF Peterhead Aberdeenshire Cat Z 7-6-44 SubLt KS Roberts (RNZN)+
NF445Seafire IIIWestM55FW RNDA 29-1-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' from 3-44 to 12-44 809Sq port oleo collapsed landing 'HMS Stalker' 10-3-45 SubLt RHF Lavender 879Sq floated into barrier 'HMS Attacker' 10-7-45 SubLt LB Lees (RNZN) To Trincomalee 7-45
NF446Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 899Sq from 3-44 to 12-44 Ayr to AHU Donibristle 8-4-45 803Sq Arbroath from 15-6-45 to 7-45 805Sq from 7-45 Stalled onto rough ground lost port oleo Machrihanish 6-9-45 SubLt JW Clarke
NF447Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 885Sq 3-44 to 4-44 899Sq 'D' 9-44 Hit tree landing Long Kesh 17-11-44 Lt WT Russell. Heavy landing with port drift port u/c collapsed Schofields 26 7-45 SubLt KBI Smith (RAN)
NF448Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 885Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Tested Henstridge store 24-6-44 Tested by 807Sq pilot at Ta Kali 22-2-45 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' jerked to halt by wire tail oleo damaged 17-3-45 SubLt JW Hill. Wing damaged by bomb splinter 31-5-45 SubLt D McDonald 880Sq 6-45
NF449Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 Tested Henstridge 12-6-44 Tested Donibristle 16-10-44 894Sq 12-44 Bounced into barrier 'HMS Indefatigable' 20-5-45 SubLt JC Taylor
NF450Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 885Sq 4-44? Tested Arbroath 3-8-44 761Sq Henstridge 4-45 to 1-46 Yeovilton store to 772Sq Burscough 'O9A' 16-3-46 to 5-46 Evanton store 11-9-46
NF451Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 879Sq 3-44 AHU Donibristle to Belfast IAR 15-10-44 879Sq stalled on approach Dekheila Cat ZZ 14-2-45 Mid RJ Watson safe
NF452Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 885Sq 3-44? 807Sq 6-44 to 11-44 Hit barrier 'HMS Hunter' Cat Y1 26-7-44 SubLt LG Lloyd
NF453Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 886Sq 3-44 to 5-44 885Sq 8-44 to 9-44 Taxying accident 8-8-44 SubLt FJG Boyd
NF454Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-1-44 885Sq 3-44 to 4-44 Tested Donibristle 16/23-11-44 899Sq 2-45 879Sq 3-45 Gosport to RDU Anthorn 9-1-47 To Aeronavale
NF455Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-1-44 899Sq 5-44 Trincomalee 5-45 880Sq 7-45
NF480Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-1-44 885Sq port tyre burst on takeoff 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
NF481Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF482Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 'G3I' 4-45 to 1-46 RDU Anthorn to St.Merryn 12/13-1-46 Yeovilton to 772Sq Burscough 4-4-46 to 9-46 To Aeronavale
NF483Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF484Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF485Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 5-2-44 886Sq 3-44 4-44 718Sq Henstridge 6-44 808Sq 8-44 to 11-44
NF486Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF487Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 5-2-44 RAE 3-44 (Cartridge initiated takeoff 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 X1 18-8-44 SubLt GE Thomas. Bounced into barriers damaged prop and wings Cat Y1 21-8-44 SubLt M La Page
NF488Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF489Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 takeoff wheels-up landing 1-7-46 SubLt RCC Hay
NF490Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 5-2-44 RAE 3-44 AAEE and VAWD 7-44 arrester gear trls
NF491Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF492Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 Fry. Trincomalee 7-45
NF493Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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)
NF494Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 McDonald
NF495Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 12-2-44 Tested Arbroath 19-7-44 808Sq 8-44 894Sq hit top of No.1 barrier with u/c overturned 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat ZZ 4-12-44 SubLt DD Leighton
NF496Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF497Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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?]
NF498Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 12-2-44 885Sq 8-44 until 11-44 761Sq Henstridge 2-45 Taxied into tail of NN551 3-2-45 SubLt CR Thomas 794Sq Eglinton 6-45 Bounced port wing dropped 13-8-45 SubLt HWM Fiske 761Sq Henstridge 9-45 to 10-45
NF499Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 12-2-44 4FPP swung on crosswind landing port wingtip struck runway Whitchurch AC 20-11-44 F/O Mrs PA Blackwell safe 761Sq Henstridge 1-45 Overshot into rough ground 1-5-45 SubLt PS Taylor
NF500Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 12-2-44 39MU 18-2-44 FONAS Staff Lee-on-Solent flagship (marked 'FGS' ex 'WTC'?) from 30-6-44 until 8-45
NF501Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-2-44 787Sq Wittering 3-44 to 4-44 880Sq 6-44 to 8-44 899Sq 6-44 to 8-44 801Sq 10-44 AHU Donibristle to Belfast store 15-2-45 880Sq 'H6K' set on fire and junk damaged Suta Japan 24-7-45 SubLt ED Pye. Heavy landing port oleo collapsed 'HMS Implacable' 28-7-45 SubLt PE Holway
NF502Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 19-2-44 809Sq stalled landing Dekheila Cat HX 19-12-44 SubLt HD Atkin. Drifted into port catwalk landing 'HMS Stalker' 1-3-45 SubLt JW Hill. Tested Trincomalee 18-5-45 879Sq Katukurunda PR125's wing hit prop 30-5-45 Swung port oleo collapsed 31-5-45 SubLt FW Greenwood. Trincomalee 7-45 760Sq Lee-on-Solent/Henstridge 'W' 12-45 to 1-46
NF503Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 19-2-44 886Sq 6-44 899Sq 6-44 808Sq 8-44 to 10-44 715Sq St.Merryn 'S4P' 11-44 to 10-45
NF504Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 19-2-44 718Sq Eglinton 10-46 794Sq Eglinton 10-45 to 1-46 Eglinton 11-46 to 2-47
NF505Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 19-2-44 879Sq 5-45 Burst tyre swung off taxitrack on nose Trincomalee 22-7-45 SubLt DA Gibson. Trincomalee 8-45
NF506Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-2-44 Tested Arbroath 3-8-44 Tested Donibristle 15-11-44 Trincomalee 8-45
NF507Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 23-2-44 Lee-on-Solent 5-4-44 885Sq taxied into LR853 Lee-on-Solent 22-5-44 Donisbristle store taxied into ATA Anson AX579 Cat S 11-11-44 Lt P Zigler 899Sq 5-12-44 Swerved off runway landing into ditch Schofields 28-5-45 Lt JL Joly. Heavy landing port oleo collapsed Schofields 20-6-45 Lt CH Gray (RAN) 794Sq Eglinton 3-46 Lee-on-Solent '103' To Aeronavale 18-9-48
NF508Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-2-44 Lee-on-Solent store stbd tyre burst landing 7-8-44 Lt MJS Newman. Tested Donibristle 7-6-45 803Sq Arbroath stationary tail hit by wing of NN464 27-6-45
NF509Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF510Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF511Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF512Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF513Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF514Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF515Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 J Cole
NF516Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 failed to hook up floated through two barriers 'HMS Indefatigable' Cat ZZ 1-4-45 SubLt NT Quigley DoI
NF517Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 26-2-44 Tested Cochin 6-7-45
NF518Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF519Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 26-2-44 Tested Donibristle 19-11-44 Tested by 807Sq pilot at 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
NF520Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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?)
NF521Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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'
NF522Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF523Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF524Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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 Henstridge 4-45 [prefix?]
NF525Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-2-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Fw190 shot down nr Houlgate 0610 own engine hit by another Fw190 f/l among trees E of Caen Cat Z 8-6-44 Lt H Lang (RNZN) inj
NF526Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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
NF531Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 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/Machrihanish 18-9-45 until 12-45 to GI as A509
NF532Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 4-3-44 886Sq 3-44 to 5-44 Unable to estimate distance accurately 29-4-44 SubLt WA Wallace 885Sq 8-44 To 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45 794Sq Eglinton 3-46 to 4-46
NF533Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 4-3-44 761Sq Henstridge 5-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent D-Day invasion spotting for RN presumed hit by flak f/l in field S of Hermanville-sur-Mer Normandy Cat Z 6-6-44 SubLt AH Bassett+
NF534Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 4-3-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Shot down in English Channel by AA fire from Allied ships Cat Z 7-6-44 L/C PEI Bailey safe
NF535Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 8-3-44 761Sq Henstridge 5-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent '2J' 5-44 Attacked by Fw190s severely damaged ditched nr LST SW of Caen 0625 Cat Z 7-6-44 L/C SL Devonald safe
NF536Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 10-3-44 39MU 11-3-44 885Sq 5-44 to 10-44 880Sq 2-45 to 3-45 886Sq 5-45 761Sq Henstridge 'G4J' Crail to Lossiemouth 14-11-46 767Sq Milltown 12-46
NF537Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 10-3-44 39MU 9-3-44 885Sq 5-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent f/l crashed after hit by light flak over France Cat Z [c.6-6-44?] Lt WA Wallace returned later
NF538Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 10-3-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'S' 7-44 f/l replacement engine required Cat SS 28-12-44 SubLt DN Duncan Floated caught No.8 wire damaged prop on barrier 'HMS Ravager' 7-2-45 SubLt TP Hawker. Tested Donibristle 30-3-45 Tested Donibristle 23-7-45 805Sq 7-45 883Sq Arbroath from 18-9-45 until 12-45
NF539Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 10-3-44 Tested Yeovilton store 2-6-44 899Sq Long Kesh 'KW' 7-44 Port spar caught on wire 2-10-44 Missed wires 8-2-45 Lt HH Salisbury 805Sq 7-45
NF540Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 11-3-44 808Sq 5-44 886Sq hit blind approach aerial mast on approach u/c damaged Defford 21-5-44 SubLt GH Horne 709Sq 9-45 to 10-45
NF541Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 16-3-44 886Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Hit by AA f/l crashed Normandy Cat Z 7-6-44 Lt DB Law safe
NF542Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 11-3-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Attacked by what were thought to be friendly aircraft crashed in sea Deauville Cat Z 10-6-44 SubLt RG Kennett+
NF543Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 11-3-44 899Sq 7-44 Floated over all wires into barrier 'HMS Khedive' Cat Y1 15-8-44 SubLt EW Hunt
NF544Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 16-3-44 Yeovilton to Kirkbride 24-6-44 899Sq 'M' 7-44 to 12-44 Floated into barrier damaged engine and tail 'HMS Khedive' 18-9-44 SubLt WJ Long. Floated over wires stbd wingtip hit island Chaser Cat ZZ 21-3-45 SubLt JM Sturrock safe
NF545Seafire IIIWestM55MLFIII RNDA 17-3-44 899Sq 'B' 5-44 'HMS Ravager' to Gibraltar arr 19-6-44 A Sqn AAEE 18-8-44 (CG) To VA High Post 8-44
NF546Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 17-3-44 885Sq '2D' 5-44 to 10-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'B':'KB' 12-44 to 3-45 Tyre burst landing swung on nose prop damaged Long Kesh Cat LQ 6-1-45 SubLt GW Draper safe. Tested after ros Belfast 19-2-45 Into barrier Chaser Cat HY 7-3-45 SubLt TP Hawker
NF547Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 17-3-44 885Sq 'M':'2D' 4-44 to 10-44 2 Bf109 damaged Normandy 16-6-44 SubLt R Hales. Bf109 shot down 2ml NE of Caen 1010 8-6-44 SubLt RCS Chamen (SANF). Heavy landing tail oleo collapsed 11-8-44 SubLt J Fisher 899Sq 2-45 709Sq St.Merryn 'S5Q' 3-45 to 8-45
NF548Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 39MU 23-3-44 801Sq 9-44 787Y Flt 10-44 736B Flt 1-3-45
NF549Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 885Sq 5-44
NF550Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 885Sq 5-44 886Sq 5-44 to 6-44 808Sq 8-44 to 9-44 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 12-45 794Sq Eglinton 3-46 to 4-46
NF551Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 886Sq 4-44 to 6-44 Bognor to Odiham 8-7-44 808Sq 8-44 to 10-44 715Sq St.Merryn 'S4B' 11-44 to 12-45 794Sq St.Merryn/Eglinton 6-45 to 7-46 772Sq Burscough 3-46 [prefix?]
NF552Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 Tollerton to Sherburn 25-4-44 801Sq 6-44 Op Begonia attack on convoy off Stadlandt hit by flak crashed in flames nr rocky coast Hidrefjord Gurskey Cat Z 12-9-44 SubLt MA Glennie+
NF553Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 Tested Arbroath 11-7-44 899Sq Heavy landing stbd oleo collapsed Cat Y2 31-8-44 SubLt GC Shelley
NF554Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 886Sq 5-44 to 6-44 808Sq 7-44 to 10-44 Port tyre burst on takeoff port u/c collapsed Cat X/C 19-7-44 Lt AC Palmer (RM) 899Sq 8-44 3F Wing Leader 9-44 to 10-44 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45
NF555Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 18-3-44 39MU 19-3-44 Henstridge 14-4-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' missed wires hit barrier Cat Y1 27-7-44 SubLt VS Lowden
NF556Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 22-3-44 899Sq 8-44 809Sq landed wheels-up 13-8-44 SubLt K Herring 899Sq 2-45
NF557Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 22-3-44 899Sq Long Kesh 'K' 7-44 Landed hook up into barrier Cat ZZ 17-3-45 SubLt JW Johnson (RNZN)
NF558Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-3-44 39MU 25-3-44 899Sq Long Kesh 'I' 8-44 to 5-45 Wingtip hit crash truck when being parked Cat LQ 27-3-45 SubLt GT Murphy 761Sq Henstridge 5-45 to 11-45
NF559Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-3-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 Arbroath to Donibristle 24-7-44 709Sq St.Merryn 2-45 772Sq Burscough 'O9B' 4-46 to 5-46
NF560Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-3-44 899Sq 'P' tested 26-7-44 Ground collision with 290Sq Martinet MS625 Long Kesh 3-11-44 SubLt DT Challick (RNIN) Shorts CRO Belfast CB repairs 14-12-44 recat CE 24-1-44
NF561Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-3-44 899Sq 8-44 At Long Kesh pilots seat split pulling out of DB attack 19-11-44 SubLt VS Lowden. Lee-on-Solent To Aeronavale [also reported as 768Sq Abbotsinch tested 26-10-44]
NF562Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 24-3-44 801Sq 'HMS Furious' 'J' from 1-5-44 to 7-44
NF563Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 25-3-44 Donibristle to 801Sq 21-5-44 to 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch floated into barrier Cat LQ 29-1-45 SubLt FA Brash (SANF)
NF564Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 25-3-44 885Sq 8-44 to 10-44 Tested Belfast 20-2-45 709Sq St.Merryn attempted f/l in bad visibility crashed burnt out 1ml S of Wellington Somerset Cat ZZ 19-5-45 Lt JA Grogan (RCN)+
NF565Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 25-3-44 VA High Post 12-4-44 (weighed and CoG) 33MU to Hawarden 28-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 5-12-44 U/c collapsed on landing Cat LQ 16-12-44 Lt DJ Lambert. Tested RNARY Coimbatore 23/24-3-45 757Sq Tambaram 8-45 to 10-45
NF566Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 25-3-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 8-44 to 6-45 Crashed fuselage scrapped wings to Irish Air Corps IAC155
NF567Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 899Sq 8-44
NF568Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 25-3-44 Tested Yeovilton store 25-5-44 899Sq 7-44 to 9-44
NF569Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-3-44 801Sq 7-44 768Sq Abbotsinch/Ayr/Ballyhalbert/Easthaven 11-44 to 11-45 Braked hard swung stbd oleo collapsed Abbotsinch Cat HX 23-11-44 Lt J Bridge
NF570Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 30-3-44 885Sq 7-44 Whitchurch to Lee-on-Solent 23-11-44 879Sq Hit round-down 20-4-45 Lt JA Armstrong 883Sq Arbroath 'K' 10-45 until to RNARY Belfast 12-45 [prefix?]
NF575Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 899Sq 'HMS Khedive' 'CV' 12-44 Floated into barrier 'HMS Indomitable' 24-7-45 SubLt JP Crathus (RAN)
NF576Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 30-3-44 801Sq 6-44 Tested Belfast 17-12-44 768Sq Abbotsinch 6-45 Heavy landing 9-9-45 SubLt HW Claughton (RNZN) 883Sq Arbroath from 9-45 until 12-45 To GI as 6428M at 6SoTT Hednesford 8-9-47
NF577Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 29-3-44 885Sq Lee-on-Solent 5-44 Bf109 damaged Normandy 16-6-45 SubLt JD MacIntee 715Sq St.Merryn 11-44 to 11-45 Eglinton to 772Sq Burscough 9-4-46
NF578Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 885Sq 8-44 Radiator cowling detached in flight Ballyhalbert Cat Y1 3-11-44 SubLt WA Woodfield 801Sq 2-45 AHU Donibristle 14-3-45 802Sq 5-45 to 7-45 806Sq stalled just short of runway Machrihanish 6-8-45 SubLt A White. Balado Bridge dump 3-52
NF579Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 Henstridge 17-4-44 885Sq 7-44 Taxying collision with oncoming aircraft Cat Y 19-8-44 SubLt FMD Brooshooft. Tested Donibristle 7/8-3-45
NF580Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch 'D' stalled onto round-down skidded into barrier on nose Cat HY 21-12-44 SubLt NA Dent
NF581Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq pecked landing Code 2 22-6-44 SubLt FA Dane. Heavy landing port oleo and wing damaged Cat X1 22-8-44 SubLt A Robson 768Sq Abbotsinch 11-44 Bounced caught No.7 prop clipped barrier 16-3-45 SubLt WT Waller. Caught No.7 wire prop tipped barrier 'HMS Ravager' Cat SS 21-3-45 SubLt TG Thomson. Throttle cut on takeoff ditched over stbd side 'HMS Ravager' Cat ZZ 22-3-45 SubLt RW Mullins safe
NF582Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq 'HMS Furious' from 1-5-44 to 9-44 768Sq Abbotsinch floated into barrier Cat Y1 1-11-44 Mid DN Duncan. Tested Belfast 19-12-44 768Sq Easthaven 8-45 Heavy landing port oleo collapsed 29-11-45 Lt JL Koechlin
NF583Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 Arbroath to AHU Donibristle 3-8-44 801Sq Grimsettr 'P7F' 31-1-45 engine failure on takeoff f/l wheels up Jervis Bay 21-5-45 Lt S Jewers
NF584Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 801Sq from 5-44 880Sq 'HMS Furious' 761Sq Henstridge swung to port on landing stbd oleo collapsed 27-3-45 SubLt GO Jones 794Sq St.Merryn stalled short of runway 23-6-45 SubLt GMJ Brown (RNZN)
NF585Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 RNARY Coimbatore 807Sq Tail struck round-down Cat HY 26-2-45 SubLt JH Brewer
NF586Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 15-4-44 33MU 18-4-44 Ringway to Prestwick 5-6-44 885Sq 8-44 801Sq 9-44 736Sq 'YOX' ferrying Colossus to Hal Far spun in sea attempting barrel roll at 300ft Cat Z 20-3-45 L/C DG Brooker+ (1846Sq CO)
NF587Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 20-4-44 33MU to Henstridge 9-5-44 Tested Arbroath 19/29-7-44 885Sq 8-44 879Sq e/f abandoned Cat ZZ 15-12-44 SubLt HC Vane safe
NF588Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 Henstridge to Lee-on-Solent 6-6-44 Donibristle 4-8-44 801Sq 2-45 899Sq 3-45 882Sq 5-45 f/l crashed nr Arbroath Cat ZZ 18-5-45 SubLt ML van den Brink (RNeN) DoI soon after returning from visiting his recently liberated family at Arnhem
NF589Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 899Sq 'W' 8-44 to 11-44 16FPP stalled on approach landed heavily u/c collapsed Abbotsinch Cat E 23-10-44 F/O CHS Turnbull safe
NF590Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 Tested Arbroath 19-7-44 to 3-8-44 809Sq 'D' 9-44 809Sq 3-45 At Trincomalee collided NN409 rejoining formation during wing bombardment and strafing exercise debris hit NF603 18ml NNW of airfield Cat ZZ 30-7-45 SubLt ACS Morrison+
NF591Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 31-3-44 757Sq Puttalam 7-45 757Sq to Tambaram 15-7-45 to 10-45 Taxying collision with Hellcat JX722 17-8-45 Lt JW Ayres
NF592Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 RNARY Coimbatore 807Sq 12-44 Swung off runway hit sand pile Dekheila 9-1-45 SubLt II MacGregor
NF593Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 Tested Donibristle 11-11-44 801Sq 3-45 880Sq 3-45 Fuselage damaged Cat LY 11-4-45 SubLt RJ Simpson. Trincomalee 7-45 757Sq Tambaram 8-45
NF594Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 887Sq engine failure f/l wheels-up Eglinton Cat X2 18-6-44 SubLt GS Thomson 879Sq 3-45 Eglinton to Maydown 15-10-45
NF595Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 'AV' 10-44 to 4-45 Tail oleo broke off landing Cat LQ 9-2-45 SubLt HC Vane 728Sq Ta Kali 1-46
NF596Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 760Sq Lee-on-Solent 805Sq Machrihanish 801Sq 7-44 to 8-44 768Sq Abbotsinch barrier crash Cat HY 25-11-44 SubLt A Fitchat (SANF) Donibristle 9-45 760Sq Lee-on-Solent 'D' hit Vickers oleo pump taxying 16-10-45 Lt R Owen. Eglinton 30-11-45
NF597Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 709Sq 11-44 Tested Donibristle 29-1-45 880Sq 16-2-45 to 8-45 Swung to stbd landing into soft ground Grimsetter 8-3-45 SubLt MH Seigne. Swung off runway pecked Jervis Bay 19-5-45 SubLt JE Letham
NF598Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 768Sq Abbotsinch Taxied into tractor damaged stbd wing 'HMS Ravager' Cat X1 10-10-44 SubLt AG Knight. Caught last wire into barrier damaged prop and u/c fairings Cat X 14-10-44 SubLt IF Stirling (RNZN) Tail hit round-down 21-12-44 Mid JF Makins 801Sq 2-45 [prefix?]
NF599Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 885Sq 8-44 To 709Sq 11-44 to 9-45 AAEE 7-45 Carbon monoxide cockpit contam tests with NF652 and PX921 (Seafire III) and NN263
NF600Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 ATA ferry Hawarden to Belfast 28-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 29-12-44 879Sq 'HMS Attacker' 7-45 to 8-45 Caught wire tail lifted pecked 11-7-45 SubLt GH Wilson (RNZN)
NF601Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 22-4-44 801Sq 'HMS Furious' from 1-5-44 to 9-44 787Y Flt 10-44 to 2-45 787Sq ran off taxiway tipped on nose 12-12-44 L/C RE Bibby. Speke to 736B Flt 1-3-45 to 4-45
NF602Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 7-4-44 33MU 18-4-44 Tested RNARY Coimbatore 16-11-44 894Sq 'HMS Indefatigable' Operation Meridian I u/c failed abandoned Cat ZZ 24-1-45 SubLt WG Gibson picked up by Whirlwind [also reported as AHU Donibristle to Grimsetter 8-3-45]
NF603Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 15-4-44 718Sq Henstridge 5-44 899Sq 6-44 761Sq Henstridge 11-44 to 3-45 809Sq 4-45 Hit by debris from mid-air collision between NF590 and NN409 landed safely Trincomalee 30-7-45 SubLt JW Hill safe. To Trincomalee 8-45
NF604Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 15-4-44 772Sq Ayr from 17-4-46 to 6-46
NF605Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 15-4-44 880Sq 8-44 to 9-44 801Sq 10-44 880Sq 2-45 803Sq Arbroath 'P' from 15-6-45 Acting as target for quarter attacks collided with LR820 landed safely Cat ZZ 6-8-45 SqLdr WL Nash safe
NF606Seafire IIIWestM55(FBLIII) RNDA 20-4-44 807Sq 'HMS Hunter' 6-44 hit by fire from flakship caught fire dived in sea from 800ft S of Toulon Cat Z 16-8-44 Lt LG Lloyd+
NF607Seafire IIIWestM55RNDA 15-4-44 809Sq 'HMS Stalker' 'SG' 6-44 Twisted hook and frame 19-8-44 SubLt GC Morris. Tail bounced heavily Cat X1 29-9-44 SubLt RGW Barker. Do24 dest Volos Harbour Greece shared MB133 MB269 NN134 and NN390 1015 17-10-44 SubLt ACS Morrison (RNZN) 879Sq f/l fuel shortage 29-1-45 SubLt TI McCartney