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Old 2nd December 2006, 01:25
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Re: Italian P-38

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Originally Posted by shooshoobaby View Post
Correction - The Engines in the Italian P - 38 were damaged because the Octane in the Fuel was too Low.
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Agh? German B4 (87 lean mixture) was equivelent to Allied 100 (rich mixture) grade fuel. More likely because the compostion of the fuels were different > German synthetic vs Allied natural. Btw, the captured Fw190 ran rough because of the Allied fuel.

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