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Did RFC accounting ignore spare parts?

The RFC had support systems; the comparison with naval aviation concerns their effectiveness and is explicitly simplified.

Question

Did RFC accounting simply ignore spare parts?

Short answer

The RFC had support and accounting systems, but these worked less well for aviation than the RNAS arrangements. The comparison is deliberately simplified.

Notes

The comparison of naval and army aviation accounting is deliberately simplified. The RFC had systems for support and spare parts, even though these worked less well for aviation than the RNAS arrangements. Their shortcomings should therefore be understood as problems with how the systems functioned. A fuller explanation would require a specialist comparison of the two services' accounting practices.