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Originally Posted by Glider
If I can address the question of the number of Blenheim squadrons which were stocked with 100 octane.
Kurfurst had until the last few days said that there were only two squadrons and asked me to supply my evidence.
The following papers which he has seen before and quoted on recently make it clear that the four stations are the only stations to be fully fuelled with 100 octane. The paper makes it clear that these are the exception and that the norm must be to retain one tank of 87 octane for aircraft that are passing through.
Note 1 - all Blenheim units are to be equipped with 100 octane
Note 2 - only the four specified bases are to be only equipped with 100 octane
Note 3 - the 87 octane is for aircraft passing through not non operational flying
If anyone wants any additional information please let me know
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Those two images you attached speak pretty clearly to me, and say that the DTD230 (which I assume is 87 octane?) is not simply "for aircraft passing through" but rather the station
must include aircraft passing through when calculating its total consumption requirements for DTD230. In other words, the station must take into account not only its own consumption of 87 octane but also the consumption of any aircraft that might be passing through.
In fact the first scan states quite clearly that the decision to eliminate their holdings of DTD230 should not be taken as a precedent, so to me this is in fact quite compelling evidence that the RAF
had not converted all its aircraft to 100 octane (at least in April of 1940 when the document is dated).