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How many squadrons do you believe used 100 octane in the BOB, and how do you support it?
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Kurfurst would be smart to stay the hell away from that question. It is an opinion at this point and not fact. I was asked the same thing by you and offered my opinion. Go back and read the immature garbage the spouts from certain participants in this thread.
Thing about opinion is everyone has one and in the western world the idea of free speech says we all can have one too.
However when presents an opinion on such a subject as the exact number of squadrons at a specified point in time and backs up with the relevant facts, the personal assaults begin. Why?
That is good tactic when your argument is based on emotion, circumstance, and assumption.
Thing about the facts on this point is we don't have all of them to make a pinpoint determination. We can only make general statements.
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The statement "all Fighter Command was using 100 Octane July 1940" is not backed up by the facts.
The statement "100 Octane was used during the Battle of Britain" is correct and backed up by the facts.
It is clear that Fighter Command was in process of adopting the fuel but it is equally clear that process was not complete in July 1940. There is no agreement on the end dates for the Battle of Britain. So, depending on the dates one chooses for the battle to end, the process was or was not completed during the battle itself.
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The only document that will give us an approximate time for the completion of the transition is the operating notes. If you find an earlier edition that lists 100 Octane in Operating Notes on the Merlin Engine then you will know within a few weeks when the transition was completed.