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Where the Royal Navy might use Canadian-built Helldivers

Canadian-built Helldivers would most likely reinforce the Pacific or Indian Ocean fleets, despite declining Royal Navy interest in dive bombing.

Question

If the Royal Navy received 450 Canadian-built Helldivers, where would it have used them?

Short answer

Mostly in the Pacific or Indian Ocean, although the Navy's waning interest in dive bombing would limit their appeal.

Notes

The answer places any operational British Helldivers in the Pacific Fleet or Indian Ocean, where extra carrier aircraft could strengthen distant forces. The complication is doctrinal: by this stage the Royal Navy was losing interest in dive bombing as rockets offered another path to precision attack. The aircraft might therefore find employment without restoring a dedicated dive-bomber concept the service no longer valued.