RN Seafire Serial Numbers

880

You don’t say what the sources of your ‘production details’ are?

It won’t be SW2_5 as there was no such batch. The third production batch of Seafire F.XVs, however, began with SW781 and therefore the only two possible contenders are SW785 and SW795. Of these only SW785 seems likely as there is little known about it (SW795, on the other hand, is known to have served exclusively in the UK). Having been delivered to 33 MU at RAF Lyneham in June 1945 it is next recorded being in store at Trincomalee in January 1946. This would fit in with it being possibly issued to 880 NAS for service in the 8th CAG aboard Implacable in the waters off Australia, the incident presumably being between June and September and leading to it being dropped off at Trincomalee when the carrier returned home soon after VJ Day.

The other serials you mention can be fairly easily worked out, but it takes a bit of time and lateral thinking. You don’t mention what your father’s name was, and without that I can’t determine whether his logbook has ever been seen by the Fleet Air Arm Museum, but if not perhaps you might like to consider allowing them to borrow it for copying (or indeed submit a photocopy of it yourself for their records)? It is by interpretation of such documents that we have, over many years, managed to piece together the individual airframe histories for all Fleet Air Arm aircraft, and no matter how seemingly ‘routine’ many of the entries may appear, in the right hands they can unlock many hitherto unsolved details that might otherwise be lost to posterity.

Lee

Lee, I think I saw you today, if you were in an office at the FAA Museum at Yeovilton this morning looking through a log book.

I gave my father’s log book and loads of photos to Tom Langham and a lady, so all the information you asked for about Seafire numbers should be there close to you.

Snowman

The lady reporting this heinous crime and the snowman do have something in common. Both her IQ and the snowman’s temperature will not rise above zero.

The Stolen Snowman

I expect she wanted the police to send a tracker dog, and to take plaster casts of the footprints, and take finger prints in the snow.

Surely this woman’s 15 minutes of fame will be fulfilled when she ends up in the Darwin Awards.

If there was a snowman with teaspoons sticking out and £1 coins for eyes, the spoons and coins would have been taken, and the snowman crushed.

Maybe she should check e-bay daily to see if a snowman is listed for sale in the Kent area.

Maybe she has contacted The Samaritans and asked them to list “Frosty” as a missing person.

Stupidity has no bounds.

Albatross

Isn’t an Albatross a Gannet on a stick?

Here is a Gannet not on a stick.

You Tube Jim Beam Advert

I think it was the theme of the two ladies in the second advert for Jim Beam that was controversial.

The Playing Fields of Eton

It seems the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, and the Battle of Zurich was lost on the playing fields of Eton and the playing fields of Leytonstone and Chingford.

There should be some interesting programs now about corruption in Russia and Qatar.

World Cup 2022 in Qatar

After the way FIFA conducted themselves in South Africa, the Russians are quite welcome to their World Cup.

Anyone care to bet against the USA getting it in 2022?

Yet again. :rolleyes:

Qatar???????????

Is there room in Qatar for the stadiums, the hotels, and the supporters, or will they have to reclaim land from the gulf to expand their country?

Do they have grass?

How hot will it be in June/July? Will they play at night?

Must do some geography homework to learn more about this place.

Consolidated, Douglas, Lockheed, North American………….?

For those who happen to know, maybe they could be a little circumspect for a wee while 😉

Not designed for rough terrain operation.

From the fuselage/hull shape and wing position, I would guess it takes off and lands on water.