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Originally Posted by winny
The Co-ordination of Oil Policy Committee noted in the conclusions of their 18 May 1940 meeting with regard to the "Supply of 100 Octane fuel to Blenheim and Fighter Squadrons" that Spitfire and Hurricane units "had now been stocked with the necessary 100 octane fuel"[/B]. The Committee recorded that actual consumption of 100 octane for the 2nd Quarter 1940 was 18,100 tons.
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As Kurfurst noted in the thread on ww2aircraft.net, that particular "Spitfire and Hurricane units" is an unnecessary alteration made by Mike Williams and it actually says "the Units concerned".
However I think the first quote you posted gets us *most of the way* toward saying that 100 octane was available at all operational units, i.e. "issue will be made as soon as the fuel is available in bulk at the distribution depots serving the Fighter Stations concerned".