Well the Seafire III had leading edge and slipper tanks fitted as well as P40 drop tanks that were found in Australia to increase loiter time over the task groups, like the Spitfire MkIII it had lots of improvements over the previous models and was regarded as a sweet handling aircraft, it's ironic that the FAA did more to addressed the Seafire/Spitfire's lack of range than the RAF did, both aircraft had many improvements I would have used in my ''what if'' escort Spitfire.'Whataboutism'....
Can someone explain to me the relevance of a debate on Seafire unsuitability for carrier ops in the context of a thread titled British escort fighter--what might it have been like???
You lot really are an eccentric bunch.![]()