I recall reading The Forgotten Fleet by John Winton, about the ’44-’45 RN Pacific Fleet, many years ago. In that I recall reading that a large number of the Seafire pilots were Australasian combat veterans from the European campaign who all had at least 2,500 hours on Spits and how helpful their expertise in flying the spit was in minimising landing crashes, given the general unsuitability of the type as a carrier aircraft.