Cruiser aircraft and the hunt for Admiral Graf Spee

Would additional cruiser aircraft help the hunt for Admiral Graf Spee?

The wider benefit would come from giving all Royal Navy cruisers their full aircraft and reserves, since the immediate Graf Spee example involved other cruiser types.

The proposed Town-class allocation has limited direct relevance to the Graf Spee hunt because other cruiser types were involved. Extending the premise to the full aircraft allowances and supporting reserves of every Royal Navy cruiser would have a wider effect. A County-class cruiser, tentatively recalled as Berwick, is said to have passed close to Graf Spee before the raider began operating. Graf Spee's reconnaissance aircraft reportedly spotted the British cruiser first, allowing the encounter to be avoided. Additional aircraft or radar are therefore considered ways to change who detected whom, followed by the assessment that an upgraded County's volume of gunfire would favour it in a fight.