You claim it's standard. I'm saying that despite the words on paper it was never 'standard' the 9th AF never got any. Not all of the 8th got it. I posted the 479th bird to show a late 44 bird not updated to 150 octane. I showed the restored combat surviving 51D to picture the Data block more clearly for you on a Mustang. How many more images of 8th AF Mustangs showing no change to the Octane would you like to see? No one is arguing that 150 Octane was not used.
You claim it as 'Standard'. It was not "Standard" for the Mustang in WW2. Suggesting some use by 8th Mustangs late in the war hardly covers the 'standard' for the WW2 Mustang in 44-45. As has been mentioned, there has to be some sort of balance in the game.
I get it. You want to go faster in a 51. It would serve absolutely no purpose to add 150 octane fuel just to up the 51s performance other than to let you go faster. As I said before. If you can't make it in the 51 we have, all the cartoon 150 octane in the world isn't going to help you.
So you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. There are record of the aviation fuel production and delivery to units. It was only fuel being used 8th from mid june and beyond. The 9th DID receive the fuel. Do you really think that the stamp on the side of planes means anything? Go do a bit of research and you will find BF109 units with C3 fuel icon painted on planes whose squadrons were not receiving the fuel. The eight air-force published documentation talking about their use of fuel and their experience with it, and that document is posted in this thread. The Decision was made to deplete all stocks 100/130 before they used 150grade.
150 Grade fuel was the only fuel grade available to American units operating in England from mid 44 till wars end. That encompasses a MASSIVE chunk of all operational P-51s. It is certainly just as many if not more than all the 109K4's and FW190D9 operating in the same period. Furthermore, Not all D9's had MW even installed, much less available to them. Not all 109s capable of MW50 use received the additive. So I guess that should be removed too? Not all P-47s were D-40's....etc.
"Technical Operations, Eighth Air Force issued a 4 April 1945 memorandum in which 100/150 grade fuel experience in the Eighth Air Force was summarized. It is reproduced in full below:
1. The following is a summary of 100/150 grade fuel experience in Eighth Air Force.
2. a. This fuel was first service tested by Technical Operations Section, this headquarters, in October 1943, said service test lasting through until March 1944, at which time it was recommended that if extra performance from P-38, P-47 and P-51 aircraft was desired it could be secured by the use of this fuel. It was pointed out at that time that the only apparent deleterious effect of this fuel on any one of the three types was the extra lead fouling of spark plugs.
b. A decision was made in May 1944 to have
all fighter units supplied with this fuel no later than 1 June.
As of that date operations with this fuel continued until approximately 1 February 1945 when all fighter units switched to “Pep” (100/150 plus 1.5 T’s ethylene dibromide). As of 1 April 1945 all units switched back to 100/150 fuel containing 1.0 T ethylene dibromide."
Fuel consumption:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/150grade/Consumption_150_Grade_fuel_Barrels.htmlFuel Production vs Requirment:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/150grade/100-150_Grade_Supply_23Nov44.pdf
