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Originally Posted by NLS61
How much was destroyed du to enemy action?
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According to the Official War History book
Oil by D.J Payton-Smith "Losses of stocks were almost negligible; only about 7 per cent of naval stocks and 3 per cent of civil stocks were lost in Britain by enemy action between July 1940 and June 1941. The Army and Royal Air Force lost no stocks at all." p. 137.
Unfortunately for Barbi and Crumpp it still leaves 35,816 tons of 100 Octane fuel available for "other" purposes, apart from FC frontline duties, including supplying FC with all their requirements for transfer flights, training etc, plus supplying engine manufacturers, MUs, repair depots, carrier pigeons, fighter-pigeons and bomber-pigeons etc. It also meant that Blenheims of BC and Coastal Command were able to fly frontline operations.