The institutional structure created weaknesses even though Fleet Air Arm personnel were highly capable. Naval requirements passed through the Fleet Air Arm, Admiralty, Air Ministry, and aircraft engineers, creating repeated opportunities for meaning to be lost in translation. Air Ministry assumptions about aircraft did not always match what carrier operations required, and direct naval contact with engineers began to reduce that gap. The services still produced pilots, observers, and telegraphist air gunners capable of demanding night navigation and strike work.
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The Fleet Air Arm's interservice translation problem
Admiralty, Air Ministry, Fleet Air Arm, and engineering communities spoke different professional languages, obscuring naval aircraft requirements despite excellent aircrew training.