What a waste

You might find it was a Sea Hornet;)
Old aeroplanes were always being used to test carrier catapults. They would be empty in case there was a problem so that no one risked their lives, and I believe the engines were not fired up after one or two incidents involving uncontrolled aircraft circling the carrier instead of going in the drink (specifics not remembered, of course).
Value? It would be subjective – after all, it would not be a Spitfire or Mustang, would it… – Nermal

Actually this was one they were getting rid of anyway, I shouldn’t have said perfectly good as it only had the starboard side of the tail plane. Thanks for spotting my mis-print it was a Sea Hornet

You might find it was a Sea Hornet;)
the engines were not fired up after one or two incidents involving uncontrolled aircraft circling the carrier instead of going in the drink (specifics not remembered, of course).

One case involved a Seafire – believe possibly Mark12 put up some photos of said incident.

You might find it was a Sea Hornet;)
Old aeroplanes were always being used to test carrier catapults. They would be empty in case there was a problem so that no one risked their lives, and I believe the engines were not fired up after one or two incidents involving uncontrolled aircraft circling the carrier instead of going in the drink (specifics not remembered, of course).
Value? It would be subjective – after all, it would not be a Spitfire or Mustang, would it… – Nermal