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Old 05-20-2012, 05:19 PM
GraveyardJimmy GraveyardJimmy is offline
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Originally Posted by Glider View Post
I like the 'if' part of the reply. Kurfursts view is that the RAF did use 100 octane in France to defend France, but the RAF may not have used it to defend the UK.

A novel thought I admit.
If that was the case surely there would be reports of performance during battle of France and how it compared once supply was restricted during battle of Britain? I haven't seen any comments on this marked change in aircraft performance and how the RAF was suddenly on a back foot.