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Originally Posted by Al Schlageter
Another song and dance routine. 
How much 100 fuel did the RAF use during the BoB?
How much reserve stock of 100 fuel did the RAF have at the end of the BoB?
We are all still waiting for you to name these 16 squadrons that used 100 fuel. |
Forget it - Crumpp is a waste of time; the boy just wants to believe want he wants to believe.
But, then again, let's pursue that line of thinking...
Interestingly, reserves of "Other Grades" of aviation spirit got progressively
lower than those of 100 octane fuel throughout 1940 -
May 1940: 294,000 tons of 100 Octane v 298,000 tons "Other Grades";
August: 404,000 tons 100 octane v 230,000 tons "Other Grades";
November:440,000 tons v 257,000 tons "Other Grades".
Were one to follow Crumpp's entirely
"logic" the RAF wasn't using "Other Grades" of fuel either, except on operational trials, lest those reserves got below "believable levels" - take the
Crumpp logic far enough and the RAF wasn't using
any fuel...sort that one out
If we take Crumpp's logic
another way those 16 Squadrons (aircraft type(s) not specified) consumed 51,000 tons of 100 Octane fuel in "operational trials" between July and end of October 1940. So, assuming the 16 squadrons were a mix of Hurricane and Spitfire units:
1 gal 100 Octane= 7.1 lbs: 1 ton = 2,240 lbs divided by 7.1 = 315.5 gal of fuel per ton.
Hurricane = 90 Gal
Spitfire= 84 gal
Average= 87 gal
315.5 divided by 87 gal = 3.6 fuel loads per ton of fuel: 51,000 tons consumed X 3.6 =
183,600 sorties flown during operational trials! = 11,475 sorties by each of the 16 Squadrons.
But Wait There's More! According to Crumpp only some of the 16 squadrons would have used 100 octane continuously