The 1939 annual lists carrier-borne units by ship and station rather than treating the Fleet Air Arm as a single undifferentiated force. Ark Royal served with the Home Fleet and carried fighter and torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance squadrons, while Glorious was in the Mediterranean. Argus supported fleet-requirements, photographic, and Queen Bee work, and Hermes was used for officer training. Eagle's squadrons were serving on the China Station. The disposition list records how carriers and naval-air units were divided among operational, experimental, and training roles.
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Fleet Air Arm dispositions across five carriers in 1939
The annual maps fighter, torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance, fleet-requirements, photographic, and training duties across Royal Navy carriers.