Inaccurate performance data for BOB fighters in COD comparing to RL data

[Al Schlageter]

We have yet to see the identity of these 16 fighter squadrons from you Eugene.

Yet there is documentation that there was more than 16 squadrons with Hurricanes and Spitfires using 100 octane fuel even before the BoB started.

By Month

No. 32 Squadron pre BoB H
No. 92 (East India) Squadron pre BoB S
No. 111 Squadron pre BoB H
No. 151 Squadron Feb 1940 H
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron pre BoB S
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron pre BoB S
No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron pre BoB S

No. 1 (Cawnpore) Squadron May 1940 H
No. 3 Squadron May 1940 H
No. 17 Squadron May 1940 H
No. 19 Squadron May 1940 S
No. 54 Squadron May 1940 S
No. 74 Squadron May 1940 S
No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron May 1940 H
No. 73 Squadron May 1940 H
No. 79 (Madras Presidency) Squadron May 1940 H
No. 85 Squadron May 1940 H
No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron May 1940 H
No. 229 Squadron May 1940 H

No. 43 (China-British) Squadron June 1940 H
No. 41 Squadron June 1940 S
No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron June 1940 S


There was NO SHORTAGE of 100 octane fuel. Total consumption for the whole of the BoB didn't come anywhere near what was in stock before the BoB started.

1. There was no technical order or instructions to convert until March 1940.

If there was no TO till March, then how did 611 Sqn convert in Feb?