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Old 01-08-2012, 12:17 AM
Seadog Seadog is offline
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Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow View Post
I think we need to apply some common sense here. 100 octane was apparently used but there are serious doubts that it was used in each squadron and each Spit. It seems there is no data available that proofe that all Spits flew with 100 octane fuel.
There isn't a single documented example of a BofB Spit or Hurricane that flew a combat sortie with 87 octane fuel.

Only the "Deutchland uber alles" types continue to claim that 87 octane was used by Spits and Hurricanes during the BofB.
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