How the Fleet Air Arm adapted to Lend-Lease

How did Lend-Lease affect the Fleet Air Arm?

It altered the aircraft mix, while the smaller active carrier force retained its own designs and concentrated on British-equipped air groups.

The Fleet Air Arm already had British designs when Lend-Lease changed the pool of available aircraft. Its carrier strength was also contracting, so fewer air groups remained in service. The service adapted by retaining and building up groups equipped with British aircraft alongside the Lend-Lease supply. This was an adjustment to a mixed aircraft inventory rather than the abandonment of domestic designs.