ADF Serials - Sea Otter

Aircraft Serial	Aircraft History
JN200	On loan to HMAS Sydney 27.2.47; 723 Sqn, Nowra; Returned to Saunders Roe 21.7.47 for conversion to Mark II; Ready for collection 3.10.47; Loaned to HMAS Sydney; Transferred to RAN 1949; Sold 1954 to Air Research, Sydney,. On civil register as VH-BQI from 22.12.54. Aircraft was holed during test flying and beached at RAAF Rathmines. Cancelled as withdrawn from use 19.10.56. Towed to a farm at Awaba NSW where it deteriorated until 1972 when it was scrapped. Nose section saved by Bill Hitchcock of the Royal Newcastle Aero Club and held in their hangar for some years until presented to the Naval Aviation Museum Nowra NSW. This is believed to be the only section of a Sea Otter in existence in the world.
RD914	On loan from RN to HMAS Sydney 7.10.50; Transferred to RAN 8.54; 723 Sqn. Probably withdrawn from use in 1954 and later scrapped
RD917	On loan from RN to RAN for HMAS Sydney 7.10.49; 723 Sqn; Returned to RN in HMAS Sydney 24.7.50