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Royal Navy 885 Naval Air Squadron
Supermarine Seafire L.III NF535 of the No 885 Sqn Nº3 Naval Fighter Wing
Supermarine Seafire L III NF535 of the No 885 Sqn, Nº3 Naval Fighter Wing. The Pilot L/C(A) SL Devonald, RN Feb 1944-Nov 1944 , Commandant of this Squadron was shot down in June 8 of 1944 unhurt return to home by ship.
Supermarine Seafire MkIIb code 06K MB345 serving with 885Sqn, Fleet Air Arm aboard the carrier HMS Indomitable, 1943
MB345 Seafire Ib AST M45 (ex AR445) Cv AST Hamble 17-5-42 VA Eastleigh 21-6-42 76MU 10-7-42 Shipped 20-7-42 801S 1-43 885S Formidable ('K') 2-43 Oil leak obscured windscreen emergency landing 24-5-43 (S/L FH Montgomery) Into barrier 27-6-43 (Lt LP Jones) 761S Henstridge 2-44 Ran into bowser which stopped abruptly 9-5-44 (S/L JR Northeast) Hamble to Yeovilton 23-8-44 748S Dale/St.Merryn 7-45 Taxied into vehicle wing damaged 21-11-45 (S/L JFO Willcox)
Supermarine Seafire photo gallery list
A map showing RAF Dundonald Airbase 0A Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire 06E aboard HMS Formidable Mediterranean Dec 1943 IWM A21711 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire 06P 06A n 06G aboard HMS Formidable and destroyer HMS Venomous IWM A12968 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire II 06A warming up its engine for take off from HMS Formidable Mediterranean IWM A14213 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire II 06G MB156 aboard HMS Formidable Mediterranean Dec 1942 IWM A14212 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire II 06G MB156 warming up its engine for take off from HMS Formidable Mediterranean IWM A14219 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafires over Ireland 1944 01 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafires taking off from HMS Formidable Mediterranean Dec 1943 IWM A21617 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire VbTrop 06B aboard HMS Formidable and destroyer HMS Venomous IWM A17080 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire VbTrop 06B aboard HMS Formidable and destroyer HMS Venomous IWM A17083 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire VbTrop 06B aboard HMS Formidable off Gibraltar IWM A17076 Fleet Air Arm 885NAS Seafire VbTrop K MB345 aboard HMS Formidable and destroyer HMS Venomous IWM A17083 Fleet Air Arm crest of 885 Squadron IWM A26789
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Bibliography:
Magazine References: +
- Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
- Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
- FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
- Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
- Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
- Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
- Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
- Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/
Web References: +
- History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/
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