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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Winny, it is not guesswork. It is what the Operating Notes say for every edition until we get to January 1942.
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How many editions are there and what dates were they printed?
And what about the vol.II's?
As I've mentioned unfortunately the notes are not 'gospel'
FC's total fighter strength during BoB (operational) peaked at around 750 aircraft, Spitfires, hurricanes and all other types. And was around 350 at the start.
We are talking less than a 3rd of the whole RAF. At around the same time they had 220,000 tons of 100 octane.
It makes no sense for them not to use it. Morgan and shacklady say the conversion started in march, there was a team of rolls-Royce engineers running around the airfields showing the mechanics how to do the conversion, in the field. Geoff Wellum says he was using 100 octane "just before" the battle of britain, tim viggors was putting it in his car in June 1940. All Deere says it was in use "just in time for the BoB". Peter brothers also says that they converted in the spring of 1940. All these pilot's, and more...
I contacted Dilip Sarkar, and asked the question. He said it was done in the spring of 1940. Bungay and Holland say the same thing. Then there's you...