[Willy]

These are mostly Seafires L.F. Mk.IIc I think, they had similar nose as Mk.III and same four bladed props.

Yes you are absolutely correct, going by the serial no.s some of these are L.(F)Mk.IIC Seafires, from a batch of 110 produced by Westland Aircraft Ltd. This batch of 110 aircraft were Seafire Mk.IIC's fitted with the Merlin 55 and four blade prop of the Seafire Mk.III but retained the fixed wings of the Mk.IIC, subsequently these hybrids were designated L.(F)Mk.IIC.

Interestingly out of a batch of 90 Seafire F.III's ordered the same day also from Westland Aircraft Ltd. The first 30 were fitted with 'C' type universal wings, non folding same as the Mk.IIC, but retained the designation F.Mk.III.

As the Seafire Mk.III was based on the Mk.IIC with the addition of folding wings and the Merlin 55 and four blade prop, it's hard to tell the difference when it comes to hybrids such as some of those pictured without going to serial no.s. and the most informative Fleet Air Arm Archive http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Seafire.htm

However I'd very much like a Seafire Mk.IIC too as they were pretty active in the MTO and with the Easten Fleet...as it's essentialy just a Spifire Mk.VC with a tailhook added it might not be too hard to do?

Anyhow, here's a little hard evidence to support the clipped wing Seafire Mk.III idea, taken from "British Aircraft of World War II" by John Frayn Turner...