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Originally Posted by Laurwin
These advantages Germany was unable to obtain until 1945 or so, claims the article. I would hazard a guess that the high octane fuel bottleneck prevented Luftwaffe from having properly functioning high altitude fighter aircraft, at an earlier time. Worse German fuel, compared to Allied fuel, would lead to bad compression ratio in German engines, meaning less power output.
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The Bf 109 was known to have a higher service ceiling than the Spitfire during the BOB and afterwards.
09-20-2013, 01:09 AM
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