109 e3b against spitfire II

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Seadog

Luftwaffe fighter pilots, like all fighter pilots, wanted aircraft with better performance. This is abundantly clear from the above quotes and they pressed their claims with Goering himself! One way to get better performance was through the introduction of the 100 octane rated DB601N engine and it is clear that Luftwaffe fighter pilots were pressing for its introduction...( I can't wait for the torrent of claims that Luftwaffe pilots "didn't want any stinking 100 octane rated engines...") RAFFC pilots also wanted better performance, and they got a complete transition to 100 octane fuel, a transition which was completed prior to the start of the battle.

His exact words were "Moelders asked for a series of Me109's with more powerful engines."

You can't just make stuff up and attribute it to a historical figure. You don't really know what octane the pilots wished they had, did you?

The Germans generally didn't concern themselves with RO Numbers; their fuel was graded alphanumerically. C-3 fuel was what the Allies would have called 130 Octane fuel (150 after 1942 IIRC).