Surviving Seafires

I have been meaning to ask this for some time. Do any actual wartime Supermarine Seafires still exist anywhere? If so, where and what model? Are any likely to fly again?

How many Seafires survive in total?

Thanks.

Hi dave, this might be of help 🙂

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=975

That said, im sure Mark12 will be along shortly to answer your question 🙂

Thank you Nashio. So I guess the MkII and MkIII Seafires on the list may have had a wartime history.

There is one Seafire currently on the UK airshow circuit, I can’t remember who owns it but I believe it actually served in wartime though I may be wrong as usual.

There is one Seafire currently on the UK airshow circuit, I can’t remember who owns it but I believe it actually served in wartime though I may be wrong as usual.

Mk. XVII SX336.
Owned by Kennet Aviation, based at North Weald (I believe)
I doubt it’d have any actual wartime provenenace though, as I feel quite sure that the XVII was a end-of-war/post-war development.

There is one Seafire currently on the UK airshow circuit, I can’t remember who owns it but I believe it actually served in wartime though I may be wrong as usual.

You’re thinking of Kennet Aviation’s Mk XVII SX336, which was built in 1946.

The other flying Seafire is, of course, VP441 in America.

Seafire IIIc PP972 has been under restoration for some time. It’s been featured on these forums often enough.

While I think, here is SX336 at Legends last year (one of mine)

Three.

Another view of SX336 this one at North Weald September 09.

Keith.

Isn’t there another across the other side of the pond that’s a high back?

a damn good looking aircraft!!!

Isn’t there another across the other side of the pond that’s a high back?

There’s a Seafire XV which is very close to flying in the midwest… the former CWH example …. I think it’s in Missouri.

Cheers,
Richard

With a broad view, there are 17 Seafires and Seafire projects world-wide, three are WWII vintage, the remainder are late ’45 and beyond, build.

It will all be in the book. 🙂

Mark

a damn good looking aircraft!!!

It is an absolutely awesome looking machine!! 🙂

There’s a Seafire XV which is very close to flying in the midwest… the former CWH example …. I think it’s in Missouri.

Cheers,
Richard

Indeed and very impressive it is too – will debut at Oshkosh.

Not sure about those gun patches, looks like someones been cheating with non-authentic ceconite…;)

Thanks all for the info.

With a broad view, there are 17 Seafires and Seafire projects world-wide, three are WWII vintage, the remainder are late ’45 and beyond, build.

It will all be in the book. 🙂

Mark

could these be

LA546/LA564/MB293/PP972/PR376/PR422/PR426/PR432/PR451/PR503/RX168/SR462/SW800/SX137/SX300/SX336/VP441

with MB293/PP972 & possibly RX168 having a WW2 vintage

could these be

LA546/LA564/MB293/PP972/PR376/PR422/PR426/PR432/PR451/PR503/RX168/SR462/SW800/SX137/SX300/SX336/VP441

with MB293/PP972 & possibly RX168 having a WW2 vintage

Well, I do not recognise PR426.

List of lists? 🙂

Mark

sixteen out of seventeen ain’t bad, Obi-wan

and I only cheated at the very end…………..

Just looked at the XV on the web. Looks to have been blinged with polished rocker covers and spinner. Is the cockpit standard or have they “USofA Sea Furied” it?

Spinner – That’s how it is believed they were.

Mark