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1) Was 100 octane fuel available to Fighter Command? Yes
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Was 100/150 grade available to FC? Yes
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2) Was there enough 100 octane fuel available to cover all sorties flown by Fighter Command during the battle? Yes
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Was there enough 100/150 grade to cover all sorties flown? Yes
(It is called strategic reserves...)
We all know what happened when the same group of people started using the logic on that one.
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Can anyone explain what happened to all that fuel if only half of FCs frontline fighters were allowed to use it?
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Sure, some of consumed fuel was used in aircraft and all of it issued to the fields operating those aircraft. It appears that we have 16 squadrons on 31 July 1940 and we still have 16 squadrons by September.
You take a very very simplistic view. You do realize that in December 1944, the USAAF in Europe, had 4 billion barrels of aviation gasoline issued out and some 12 billion in reserve.
The next thing you seem to refuse to deal with is 87 grade remains the predominate fuel in the RAF until September 1940. Only then do we see 100 grade beginning to equal 87 grade. That corresponding rise in consumption very much agrees with Morgan and Shacklady.
Until then, it appears the RAF is simply building up the logistical base required to support the eventual change to 100 grade.
I will scan those Order of Battle charts from the RAF today.