No. 842 Squadron provides an example of Swordfish aircraft assigned across several carriers rather than concentrated on one ship. Fencer, Indefatigable, Furious, Hunter, and Campania are among the ships in the example. The squadron was divided to fill gaps in air groups that were short of aircraft. A squadron entry in a service list therefore does not always describe a single, co-located carrier deployment.
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A Swordfish squadron could be dispersed across several carriers
No. 842 Squadron shows how one administrative unit could distribute aircraft among several carriers to reinforce air groups short of machines.