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Tell me Crumpp do you read your evidence before posting it?

Originally Posted by Crumpp

It is a little more complicated than that seadog. The RAF correctly plans for their logistical train to be interupted by the enemy.

Therefore, they correctly plan to emplace several weeks supply at the aerodrome, supply the emergency fields the aircraft might have to land at, and keep several more weeks of fuel dispursed around the log train earmarked for that unit..

The paper clearly states one week supply of fuel to be at the aerodrome enough for 480 sorties. The rest are reserves in different types of store, Advanced, Forward and Base Areas

If you just plan to have enough fuel on hand for what you are going to fly, then you will be in real trouble when the enemy bombs your airfield storage tanks, shoots your trucks up on the road, or hits the railyard. You will be out of the game in one enemy attack..

There in much bigger trouble if they follow your idea and have it all up front

Read the logistical plan if they had to supply the 4 squadrons in France. That is the amount of fuel in the system earmarked for those squadrons to fly for just ONE WEEK..

Yes I agree with you its always a good idea to read the logisitical plan.

Its one week supply on the aerodrome (480 sorties) and a further two weeks supply in the forward dump including the additional reserve (1360 sorties).

The stocks in the Advanced Base and Main Base areas give an additional 8 weeks of fuel (2 at the advanced base and 6 at the main base) at a rate of 120 sorties per week per squadron.

So the logistical plan is for eleven weeks of flying not one.

If they want to continue to fly operationally and resupply their unit after an enemy attack, the RAF is planning to have some 8 weeks worth of fuel on the ground and available at short notice.

Don't you think that makes sense given the fact the Luftwaffe was targeting the airfields during the BoB?

So when you do your simplistic calculation for one week of flying, keep in mind, there is 8 weeks of fuel required to be available for that one week in the air.

This is I am afraid total bull. Apart from the obvious fact that the paper covers 11 weeks of fuel and not 8 and there is three weeks of fuel available at or near the station, not one to assume that the RAF plan to lose 8 times to enemy action compared to what it uses in the air is rubbish. In the worse case scenario and all the one week supply of fuel at a station is destroyed in one go, which is unlikely as they were not all stored in the same place, the advanced stocks had a further 2 weeks supply of fuel.
Unless of course you can support your theory?

Its worth remembering that the RAF didn't lose any 100 octane in the BOB despite heavy attacks on the bases. If there is one thing the RAF knew about it was how to take care of its fuel.

Finally this paper has nothing to do with consumption reports, its an interesting diversion of the type you I admit are very good at. This is a plan not a report on consumption

Which of course reminds me, where did you support your other assertion about the complete transfer of FC in May 1941.
If you cannot support it then we will have to ignore it.