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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Seadog,
18 May 1940 is only 6 weeks from the start of the Battle of Britain.
The language in that primary source document refers to "certain units" and not "ALL" units.
Very importance difference.
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The German Army defeated France in 6 weeks...6 weeks is a long time.
RAFFC had many units which did not require 100 octane, such as OTU and a few squadrons of Gladiators. In any event, again all the evidence points to RAFFC operational Merlin engined squadrons using 100% 100 octane. There isn't a single source that states that an operational Merlin engined fighter squadron was using anything else.