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Re: Luftwaffe Uses Of P-47s and P-51s In Combat?
As I understand it, the key issue was that the standard Axis aviation gasoline quality was 87 octane, much lower than the 100 octane used by Allied air forces. Getting high octane gas for the Germans was a real issue. The difference was due to the source of the gas, coal pyrolysis versus regular refining. Using low octane gas in a high octane engine would cause that engine to seize and to fail. This happened with the Italian capture P-38.
Vic
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