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Originally Posted by lane
Hi Winny – One should be careful to not draw the conclusion that a note in a combat report demonstrating 100 octane usage on a given date is an indication of when those stations "were first issued 100 oct".
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You're right, I believe that more stations had 100 oct but can't find any hard evidence.. (except for a handfull of Operations records books)
I should have said the 'first recorded use in combat' of 100 oct. It gives us at least a provable date by which the relevant station must have had 100 oct on site..
I can now add to the list of stations with 100 oct before August 40.
I've got Hornchurch, Manston, Duxford, North Weald, Digby, Catterick, Biggin Hill, Croyden, Debden, Digby, Wick.
I'm trying to avoid making the assumption that if a certain station had 100 oct that all squadrons using that base would also be converted (even if it is a logical step). I think that was the case, but without evidence the argument gets stuck.
As we all know Kurfurst has very high, and hard to meet standards when it comes to what constitutes evidence.
If I was in charge of FC at the time I would have made sure that 11 and 12 group converted asap. I think that's probably what happened.