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Originally Posted by Glider
Interestingly and probably the person most unlikely to give evidence I can. In July three spitfires shot down a He111 using 87 octane fuel. However before the doubters get excited, they were three aircraft attached to an OCU unit who formed an emergency flight in case of an opportunity.
All RAF aircraft were armed in case this happened including OCU units but OCU units didn't have 100 Octane fuel, so there was one combat using 87 octane.
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I'm pretty sure you're thinking of an Operational Training Unit OTU, rather than an OCU, which was postwar?
5 OTU, Ashton Down and 6 OTU, Sutton Bridge both had Hurricanes while 7 OTU, Hawarden, seemed to have them for a short time
http://www.rafweb.org/OTU_1.htm
On 14 August there was another He 111, this one from 8./KG27, shot down by a combination of 213 Sqn Hurricanes and 7 OTU Spitfires (The Blitz Then and Now Vol 1, p. 194).