This list of Fairey Firefly production information is provided courtesy of  Patrick Martin.

PRODUCTION QUANTITIES

After rolling out four prototypes, Fairey built:
    * 746 early Mk.I generation Firefly starting in August 1942.
    * General Aviation added a further 132 airframes (DK serials).
    * Fairey also built 645 second-generation FR.IV/AS.5/6 and 185 examples of the third-generation AS/Mk.7/8, giving a grand total of 1,712 Firefly aircraft with the last one completed in March 1956.  Firefly production is further broken down into the following designations and serial numbers:

Firefly Prototypes
Z1826 - Z1829            (  4)

Firefly Mk.I
Z1830 - Z1845            (16)
Z1865 - Z1914            (50)
Z1942 - Z1986            (45)
Z2011 - Z2058            (48)
Z2059 - Z2060            cancelled
Z2092 - Z2095            cancelled
Z2096 - Z2120            (25)
Z2121 - Z2126            cancelled

Firefly F.I  built by General Aircraft Ltd.
DK414 - DK462*         (49)
DK476 - DK513*         (38)
DK525 - DK570*         (45)
DK588 - DK619          cancelled
DK633 - DK667          cancelled

Firefly F.I
DT926 - DT930           cancelled
DT931 - DT949           (19)
DT950 - DT961           cancelled
DT974 - DT991*          (18)
DT992 - DT998           cancelled
DV112 - DV116          cancelled
DV117 - DV134          (18)
DV135 - DV146          cancelled
DV147 - DV150          (  4)

Firefly FR.I
MB378 - MB419          (42)
MB433 - MB 449*       (17)
MB450 - MB459          cancelled
MB460 - MB479          (20)
MB492 - MB536          (45)
MB549 - MB593*        (45)
MB613 - MB649          (37)
MB662 - MB703*        (42)
MB717 - MB758*        (42)
PP391 - PP437*           (47)
PP456 - PP497*           (42)
PP523 - PP567             (45)
PP580 - PP623             (44)
PP639 - PP660              (22)
TW677 - TW679+        (  3)
TW680 - TW686          cancelled

Firefly FR.IV
TW687 - TW699+        (13)
TW715 - TW754+*       (40)
VF439 - VF478           cancelled
VG957 - VG999+*       (43)
VH121 - VH144+*       (24)
VH145 - VH148          cancelled
VH163 - VH191          cancelled
6-31    -   6-70              (40) MLD

Firefly NF.IV
VH203 - VH245          cancelled
VH270 - VH305          cancelled
VH341 - VH361          cancelled

Firefly FR.5/AS.6
VT362 - VT381            (20)
VT392 - VT441            (50)
VT458 - VT504            (47)
VT505 - VT507            cancelled
VT520 - VT469            cancelled
  11-71 - 11-84             (14)     MLD

Firefly AS/FR/NF.5
VX371 - VX396            (26)
VX413 - VX438*          (26)

Firefly Mk.5
WB243 - WB272         (30)
WB281 - WB316         (36)
WB330 - WB382         (53)
WB391 - WB440         (50)

Firefly Mk.6
WB505 - WB510         (  6)
WB516 - WB523         (  8)

Firefly FR.5
WD824 - WD872        (49)
WD878 - WD923        (46)
WD924 - WD925        cancelled

Firefly FR.6
WH627 - WH632        (  6)
WJ104 - WJ121          (18)

Firefly AS.7
WJ146 - WJ173          (28)
WJ174                         (  1) T.7
WJ187 - WJ209          (23) T.7

Firefly AS.7
WJ215 - WJ216          (  2)

Firefly Mk.7
WK348 - 373              (26)

Firefly AS.7
WM761 - WM779        (19) T.7
WM796 - WM809        (14) T.7
WM810                         (  1) U.8
WM811 - WM822        (12) T.7
WM823                         (  1) U.8
WM824 - WM832        (  9) T.7
WM855                         (  1) T.7
WM856 - WM863        (  8) U.8
WM864 - WM879        (16) T.7
WM880 - WM899        (20) U.8

Firefly AS.7
WP351 - WP354         ( 4) U.8
WP355 - WP400         cancelled
WP421 - WP453         cancelled
WP469 - WP490         cancelled

Firefly AS.7
WV967 - WV991         cancelled
VW103 - VW128         cancelled

Notes:

* Aircraft from within this batch were taken into RCN inventory.
+ Many of the FR.IV in the TW, VG and VH serial ranges were either completed as, or converted before use, to AS.5 standard. Some sources claim Fairey only built 736 rather than 746 Firefly Mk.1/F.I/FR.I.

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Credits and References:

1) Patrick Martin <104655(at)telus.net>
 

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