The Seafire fulfilled an old requirement only after operational practice no longer matched the assumptions behind it. Peacetime doctrine was built around expected procurement, while wartime doctrine had to bend around real inventories and enemy pressure. The resulting patrol system shaped Royal Navy operations from European waters to Victorious's service with the US Navy as the carrier known informally as Robin.
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Wartime availability reshapes doctrine
The Royal Navy adapted its planned doctrine to the aircraft actually available, making combat air patrol central in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and later carrier operations.