How air units coordinated with forces at sea

Were air squadrons assigned to work directly with naval squadrons under Coastal Command?

Not in the interwar period; area groups and later wartime joint commands coordinated air support for forces at sea.

Air squadrons were not normally assigned directly to individual naval squadrons in the interwar period. Coordination passed through geographic groups, Coastal Command, or wartime institutions such as Western Approaches Command. Operational cooperation depended on headquarters arrangements instead of permanently paired units.