Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Schlageter
So tell me Barbi, which fighter squadrons that were based on airfields on the CloD map were only using 87 octane fuel.
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Well I guess
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...8&postcount=43 already covered that question.
"Based on the current evidence (feel free to add new sources showing 100 octane at the said airfield during the Battle and I'll update the list) shows that 100 octane aviation spirit was supplied to
8 out of 19 Sector Airfields
9 out of 32 Fighter Airfields (however 7 of the 32 functioning as satellite airfield for rotation etc., with no Sqn permanently based there)."
Which follows that appearantly 11 Sector Airfields and 23 Fighter airfields show no evidence at all that they have been supplied by anything else but the standard 87 octane. Of course even in the rest of the airfields its rather difficult to find out from what time is there any evidence to 100 octane fuel supply - for some airfields we have for example combat reports from October 1940, and they may or may not have been supplied with 100 octane earlier.
In 11 Group, 87 octane airfields apparently include, at the current level of evidence
RAF Debden.
RAF Debden was home to the Debden Sector Operations Room and Staff, and the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 85 Squadron from 22 May 1940
No 17 Squadron from 19 June 1940
No 257 Squadron from 15 August 1940
No 601 Squadron from 19 August 1940
No 111 Squadron from 19 August 1940
No 17 Squadron from 2 September 1940
No 25 Squadron from 8 October 1940
RAF Detling.
Detling was one of the 11 Group satellite airfields used by units on a day-to-day basis as required, often flights or squadrons would detach to such an airfield in the morning and return to their main operating and maintenance base in the evening.
RAF Eastchurch.
RAF Eastchurch was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 266 Squadron from 12 August 1940
RAF Ford.
RAF Ford was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 23 Squadron from 12 September 1940
RAF Gosport.
Gosport was, along with Lee-on-Solent, one of the Royal Navy's airfields used in the defence of Southampton and Portsmouth. Royal Navy fighters were permanently based there, and occasionally RAF units were detached, using the airfield in the same way as a satellite or relief landing ground.
RAF Hendon.
RAF Hendon was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 257 Squadron from 17 May 1940
No 504 Squadron from 5 September 1940
RAF Lee on Solent.
Lee on Solent was, along with Gosport, one of the Royal Navy's airfields used in the defence of Southampton and Portsmouth. Royal Navy fighters were permanently based there, and occasionally RAF units were detached, using the airfield in the same way as a satellite or relief landing ground.
RAF Lympne.
Lympne was one of the 11 Group satellite airfields used by units on a day-to-day basis as required, often flights or squadrons would detach to such an airfield in the morning and return to their main operating and maintenance base in the evening. Due to the extreme forward position of this site it was under constant threat of attack and was not permanently manned during the Battle by any one Squadron.
RAF Manston.
RAF Manston was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 604 Squadron from 15 May 1940
No 600 Squadron from 20 June 1940
RAF Martlesham.
RAF Martlesham was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 25 Squadron from 19 June 1940
No 257 Squadron from 5 September 1940
No 17 Squadron from 8 October 1940
RAF Stapleford.
RAF Stapleford was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 151 Squadron from 29 August 1940
No 46 Squadron from 1 September 1940
RAF Thorney Island.
RAF Thorney Island was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 236 Squadron from 4 July 1940
RAF West Malling.
RAF West Malling was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 141 Squadron from 12 July 1940
No 66 Squadron from 30 October 1940
In 10 Group, 87 octane airfields apparently include, at the current level of evidence>
RAF Filton.
RAF Filton was home to the Filton Sector Operations Room and Staff, and the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 504 Squadron from 26 September 1940
RAF Boscombe Down.
RAF Boscombe Down was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 249 Squadron from 14 August 1940
No 56 Squadron from 1 September 1940
RAF Colerne.
RAF Colerne was used as a satellite and relief airfield for Middle Wallop during the Battle, units rotated in and out of the station on a daily basis.
RAF Exeter.
RAF Exeter was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 213 Squadron from 18 June 1940
No 87 Squadron from 5 July 1940
No 601 Squadron from 7 September 1940
RAF Pembrey.
RAF Pembrey was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 92 Squadron from 18 June 1940
No 79 Squadron from 8 September 1940
RAF Roborough.
RAF Roborough was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 247 Squadron from 1 August 1940
RAF St Eval.
RAF St Eval was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:
No 222 Squadron from 18 June 1940
No 236 Squadron from 8 August 1940
No 238 Squadron from 14 August 1940
No 222 Squadron from 11 September 1940