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2nd December 2006, 01:25

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Re: Italian P-38

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Originally Posted by shooshoobaby

Correction - The Engines in the Italian P - 38 were damaged because the Octane in the Fuel was too Low.
Cheers

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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