Naval Air Squadron 1945 807 Naval Air Squadron 1942-1945 808 Naval Air Squadron 1944-1945 809 Naval Air Squadron 1942-1945 812 Naval Air Squadron 1946-1952 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Surviving aircraft Australia Restoration / Stored (Not on Public Display) Seafire F Mk XV SW800 (VH-CIH). In storage, Adelaide area, South Australia. Recovered from Brownhills scrapyard in the UK circa 1991, and shipped to Melbourne VIC. Myanmar (Burma) Static Display Seafire F Mk XV PR376 / UB409. On external display at the newly opened (2016) Defence Services Museum on the outskirts of Naypyidaw. United Kingdom Airworthy Seafire LF IIIc PP972 (G-BUAR). Owned by Air Leasing Ltd. Built in 1944 and delivered to 809 Squadron Fleet Air Arm before joining the Aeronavale (French Navy) as 12F.2 (later 1F.9). It was purchased by a private individual in 1970 and was on static display in 1982 at the Resistance Museum at St Marcel. An airworthy restoration began in 1988 and was registered as G-BUAR. It was later acquired by Air Leasing in 2012 and was completed in 2015. Seafire F Mk XVII SX336 (G-KASX). Owned by Tim J. Manna, Cranfield. Built by Westland Aircraft in 1946. Served with various units in the Royal Navy before it was scrapped in 1955. It was recovered in the 70s as a bare fuselage and after a few owners, went to Tim Manna to finish the restoration. Took to the air for the first time since restoration in 2006. Static Display Seafire F Mk XVII SX137. On display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. United States Restoration / Stored (on Public Display at Stonehenge Air Museum ) Seafire FR Mk 47 VP441 (N47SF). The final variant of the Spitfire family. Owned by Jim Smith and based at his private facility in Montana following restoration by Ezell Aviation. CANADA Seafire F MkXVc PR451 Served with the Royal Canadian Navy. On display at the Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (July 2022) Specifications (F Mk III) See also References Notes Citations Bibliography Admiralty. Pilot's Notes for Seafire 45 & 46:Mark 45 – Griffon 61 Engine; Mark 46 – Griffon 87 Engine: A.P 2290 F & G . Minister of Supply, 1948. Andrews, C.F. and E.B. Morgan. Supermarine Aircraft since 1914. London: Putnam, 1987. . Bachelor, Len. Supermarine Seafires (Merlins). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1971. Brown, David. The Seafire: The Spitfire That Went to Sea. London: Greenhill Books, 1989.