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how 16 squadrons got through over 50,000 tons of aviation

It has all been explained to you before in this thread. You just did not bother to try and understand it. You would rather sling insults.

Go back and read it if you are interested. I would be glad to discuss it with you.

If you are not interested in going back and reading it, I am not interested in re-explaining it to you.

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Originally Posted by Crumpp (Post 412475)

Not really other than both come with instructions. Nobody cares if you don't follow the instructions on your DvD player.

In Aviation, not following the publications carries the weight of law.

This is also wrong. The publication is over-ridden by orders and by leaflets issued by the Air Ministry
If you bother to read the first page of your pilot's notes you'll notice that it states this very clearly.

Anything else you want to make up off the top of your head?

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Originally Posted by winny (Post 412488)

This.

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Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding had been the driving force behind the development of Britain’s air defences in the immediate pre war period. He had organised and overseen the the integration of radar within the RAF command structure and had championed the development of both the Hurricane and the Spitfire. When war came he had warned Churchill not to lose valuable fighter resources in the defence of France. During the Battle of Britain itself he had carefully managed the fighter Squadrons available and had worked tirelessly to respond to the various changing threats from the Luftwaffe. He had the strategic oversight to see the need for always keeping a proportion of fighters in reserve and the necessity of rotating Squadrons so that some could be ‘rested’ and fresh pilots brought into the battle successively. It was his supreme organisational abilities that put the RAF in the best possible position to combat the Germans.

http://ww2today.com/24th-november-19...d-from-the-raf

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It was part of Dowding's strategy to keep all his groups intact as far as possible, rarely committing more than a minority of his force, rotating squadrons regularly but never denuding any one group.

http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/document-21.html

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Although squadrons were being rotated around the country, with battered units being withdrawn to the North to rest and the fresher squadrons moving from north to south, the pilots were becoming increasingly worn out.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/thebattleofbritain.cfm

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Altogether 16 squadrons were withdrawn from 11 Group in the one month between August 8 and September 8, 1940.

http://helena-schrader.com/bob.html

Rested in a quieter sector ie not 11 group and withdrawn totally from ops are not the same thing.....

Also seeing as this seems to now be a discussion that hinges on what an operational squadron is..

Operational squadrons by Group
14th July 1940
10 Group 2 Hurricane 2 Spitfire
11 Group 12 Hurricane 7 Spitfire
12 Group 6 Hurricane 5 Spitfire
13 Group 5 Hurricane 5 Spitfire
Total 25 Hurricane sqn. 19. Spitfire sqn.

1st September 1940
10 Gp Hu-4 Sp-4
11 Gp Hu-14 Sp-6
12 Gp Hu-6 Sp-6
13 Gp Hu-9 Sp-2
Total Hu-33 Sp 18

30th September
10 Gp Hu-6 Sp-3
11 Gp Hu-13 Sp-7
12 Gp Hu-6 Sp-6
13 Gp Hu-9* Sp-3
*includes 2 half strength squadrons (they were still operational)
Total Hu-34 Sp-19

28th October
10 Gp Hu-6 Sp-3
11 Gp Hu-13 Sp-8
12 Gp Hu-7 Sp-6
13 Gp Hu-7* Sp-3
*includes 1 part strength squadron
Total Hu-33 Sp-20

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Originally Posted by Crumpp (Post 412492)

http://ww2today.com/24th-november-19...d-from-the-raf

http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/document-21.html

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/thebattleofbritain.cfm

http://helena-schrader.com/bob.html

They were moved to other operational Groups! All of them.

Find me a squadron that was moved to a non-operational Airfield.

From memory I think the only squadron that was actually withdrawn was 54 squadron - mainly because nearly everybody was dead! (this is probably why the number of Spitfire Squadrons in 11 group went down by 1 between July and September)

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The publication is over-ridden by orders and by leaflets issued by the Air Ministry

That does not have anything to do with new editions of the Operating Notes being published.

You as the operator are always responsible for getting the latest information about your aircraft. It is telling the operator that new Air Ministry orders and leaflets are supplements too that edition of the Operating Notes. The Operator is responsible for keeping his information up to date.

New editions will incorporate all the Air Ministry Order and Leaflets enacted since the previous edition.

Once again...

It is a fact the RAF did not complete conversion to 100 Octane until around January 1940. That is evident in the Operating Notes.

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They were moved to other operational Groups! All of them.

Winny,

It is a fact Dowding rotated and rested his squadrons. All Groups did not bear the same operational burden.

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Originally Posted by Crumpp (Post 412500)

It is a fact the RAF did not complete conversion to 100 Octane until around January 1940. That is evident in the Operating Notes.

I presume you don't actually mean January 1940, and instead Jan 41?