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Originally Posted by lane
Yes, the historical record shows that in March 1939 when the planners were looking at converting 16 fighter squadrons to 100 octane, there were in fact only 16 operational squadrons (+/- 1) equipped with Hurricanes or Spitfires.
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Mystery of the 16 squadrons solved.
Now the 1C devs can feel free to give our Spits and Hurries their badly-needed and much-deserved +12 lbs of overboost and resulting emergency 5 minutes or so 30 mph increase in top speed. The sooner the better - a "hotfix #2" would be just the ticket!!!!