Aerial fuel of Red air forces

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Aerial fuel of Red air forces

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Post by Seppo Jyrkinen » 18 Aug 2013, 16:43

Where did Sovietunion got aerial fuel 1939-1941, before USA joined the war?
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Post by Seppo Koivisto » 19 Aug 2013, 21:05

The Soviet aircraft production could use lower octane aviation fuel, that could be produced domestically, though not enough.
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Re: Aerial fuel of Red air forces

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Post by Art » 19 Aug 2013, 21:28

About 30 million ton of oil per year was domestically produced (mostly in Caucasus), thence more than a million ton of aviation gasoline.
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Re: Aerial fuel of Red air forces

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Post by Seppo Jyrkinen » 20 Aug 2013, 19:02

Thanks. If I understand right, domestic produced aerial gasoline was good enough for most planes used during Winter War (I-16, I-153, SB-2 etc).
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