Who would receive an overseas naval Spitfire

Would the Royal Air Force take an overseas-built gull-wing naval Spitfire from the Fleet Air Arm?

The RAF would want some in the Far East, but the heavier carrier-strengthened fighter would remain a Fleet Air Arm priority and would mainly supplement Commonwealth and regional squadrons rather than replace standard Spitfires at home.

The strengthened gull-wing airframe is valuable to the Fleet Air Arm because it can withstand carrier landings, but that structure also makes it heavier and slower to produce than a standard Spitfire. The RAF would not prefer it for every squadron. Aircraft built in the Far East could equip local RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, and Indian Air Force units while the Fleet Air Arm retained priority for carrier operations. That distribution could put many more fighters into Singapore and Malaya before the Japanese offensive without diverting the same number of British-built Spitfires from Europe.