Fleet carriers would gain more capable dive bombers for daylight strikes, while scout carriers retain their reconnaissance and torpedo emphasis. Starting development in the mid-1920s means a 1939 dive bomber could embody several generations of airframes, sights, and trained crews instead of repeating the Skua's first-generation limitations. A more credible naval fighter lineage could also emerge through Fairey and Supermarine designs. Battle of Britain priorities could still interrupt the next replacement cycle even if the opening-war fighter is much better.
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A mature naval dive-bomber and fighter pipeline
Keeping naval aviation continuously in-house could make 1939 aircraft the result of several development cycles, not the first serious generation after institutional recovery.