April 29, 2004 at 10:55 am
A chum just had lunch with the pilot of this Seafire and would like to know it’s history.
Two bits of information he has given me. “Reg – W – PR 395 (circa 1945) based at Nutts Corner”
after roundel, reads “W Royal Navy PR395”
BR
By: BlueRobin - 29th April 2004 at 17:03
Information third-hand from the pilots who dinged it:
“a ‘Crash Formation landing…flipped over. Port wheel caught cement drain culvert”
By: Flood - 29th April 2004 at 13:03
Nice to see you enticed people in by calling it a Spitfire…;)
Air Britains Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939-1945 says:
Deld RDU Culham 23/7/45; 803NAS Nutts Corner (‘W’) 9/45; Stalled after wave off Nutts Corner, code 3 31/10/45 (S/L WL Nash)
And the information only covers until the end of 1945.
RDU is Receipt and Dispatch Unit.
Code 3 is an accident category, but unfortunately the details for this system are unknown (in the book, anyway).
Flood.
By: jbs - 29th April 2004 at 11:29
Well to start it was a Mk.XV Seafire
Not much, but a start 🙂