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Default Re: Fleet Air Arm in the Pacific
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Originally Posted by mavfin View Post
From things that I have read, the main reason the British kept their own fleet formations, instead of joining TF58/38 was that their tanking method was different than the USN method, and the fleet commands decided keeping the two navies in their own formations would be simpler.

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Agreed.
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