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Royal Navy Kingfishers served mainly in training and patrol units

A close check of squadron assignments places British Kingfishers mainly ashore in training and patrol work rather than routinely aboard cruisers.

Question

What did the Royal Navy value about the Vought Kingfisher in British service?

Short answer

Its British service appears to have centred on training and patrol roles, mostly from land bases rather than as a routine cruiser floatplane.

Notes

The allocation checked during the answer lists 100 Kingfishers delivered to the Royal Navy. Photographs suggest operation from land bases, although the answer explicitly stops short of claiming that every aircraft always operated ashore. The squadron list includes 744, 745, and 755 among 700-series training and air-gunner units. Patrol use is also mentioned. Any sea operation is tentatively associated with escort carriers, so British service should not be assumed to reproduce the American cruiser-floatplane role.