How Fleet Air Arm maintainers were organized

Were Fleet Air Arm riggers and fitters part of the squadron or the ship's company?

Both arrangements existed during the Second World War, and ship- and squadron-based maintenance groups worked in an integrated way.

The maintenance system did not place every specialist under a single administrative home. Some belonged to the ship while others belonged to embarked squadrons. Their duties intermingled in practice, reflecting the hybrid nature of a carrier as both warship and air station. An embarked air group retained squadron identities while working inside the carrier's permanent organization.