The Fleet Air Arm had an unusually high concentration of night-qualified personnel, even compared with Royal Air Force efforts in the same area. That expertise grew from a British interest in night fighting shaped by First World War experience, though the explanation does not reduce it solely to Jutland. Night capability still depended on trained crews and could not be improvised. Some later operations needed time between them so replacement personnel could learn to work after dark. Enemy limits in night search helped the Abdiel concept, but those limits reflected scarce skill rather than an easy flying environment.
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Why Fleet Air Arm night flying mattered
British experience in World War I helped create an unusual concentration of Fleet Air Arm night-flying skill, affecting both mine warfare assumptions and later operational tempo.