AF_Scrub_Seafires_15_and_17
The first squadron to receive the Seafire Mk.XV in the Pacific was No.801 Squadron (HMS Implacable), which received the new aircraft in September 1945 in Australia. On late Mk XVs a new form of “sting” type arrestor hook was used, attached to the reinforced rudder post at the rear of the fuselage. The Mk.17 was powered by a 1850hp Rolls Royce Griffon VI engine and used a bubble canopy.