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

Kurfürst · #11 04-05-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGrunch

Sounds like that's an extreme case to me Kurf. I've looked at a few of them, but so far:

32 Squadron flew 60 and-a-half non-operational hours in the first week of August 1940, all of which were transfers to and from their forward base.
43 Squadron flew approximately 10 non-operational hours in the first week of August 1940, namely one transfer of six aircraft and their return and another transfer of seven aircraft, and three night practise flights.
54 Squadron flew approximately 106 non-operational hours of a huge variety of kinds (beware that one page of the ORB appears twice in a search for some reason).

There's no data for 56 Squadron in 1940 so I'm not sure which one you looked at. Anyway, won't be posting for a while, I hear the human body needs sleep.

My bad, 54 Squadron. But I agree this could be an extreme case. My point was rather to illustrate that there would be considerable fuel requirement for non-combat sorties as well, which is usually not being taken into account.