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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Glider,
Why don't you state exactly what it is in your mind that you think I am claiming, first?
This is what I have said and is backed up by the facts:
In July of 1940, 100 Octane fuel was not the standard fuel of Fighter Command.
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To support that you need to give some awnsers to the questions you have avoided for the following reasons
Personally I would like to see any evidence of :-
a) a shortage of fuel
If there was no shortage then there would be no need to reduce the roll out
b) of 16 squadrons
Which squadrons
or if you go down the it was 16 squadrons at any one time
c) of which squadrons or bases
This brings the difficult questions
i) If 100 octane was in short supply when did Drew a small satellite station in Scotland have 100 octane when the priority stations in the South East didn't
ii) At one point in the BOB Duxford had the big wing of five squadrons. Are you really saying that almost a fifth of the RAF supply was in one 12 group station?.
d) why this isn't mentioned in any official document, book, history
Simple request, why in the most documented air battle in history has no one picked this important factor up. Support your theory with some supporting documentation, not an off the wall conspiracy theory
e) of the process in delivering the fuel
As there is no mention of a any limitation in the distribution of 100 octane fuel in the Oil Committee papers who distributed it
f) when the rest of FC were transfered to 100 octane
As (e) there is no mention of any further roll out of 100 Octane in the Oil Committee papers so when was it done?