Where did Finland get it's Fuel supplies from?

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Re: Where did Finland get it's Fuel supplies from?

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Post by Mangrove » 25 Oct 2013, 14:28

According to the statistics, the Finnish Air Force could have fought at least until November without any resupply if the consumption would have been similar to that of August 1944. T 15724/10:

December 1943:
Imported from Germany: 3.950.000 litres.
Usage: 580.000 litres

January 1944:
Usage: 425.000 litres
Storage on 1 January 1944: 22.320.000 litres or c. 27 months of use.

February 1944:
Usage: 1.230.000 litres (1 February - 2 March)
Storage on 1 February 1944: 21.895.000 litres or c. 30 months of use.

March 1944:
Usage: 900.000 litres (3 - 31 March)
Storage on 3 March 1944: 19.750.000 litres or c. 26 months of use.

April 1944:
Imported from Germany: 90.000 litres.
Usage: 850.000 litres (1 - 29 April)
Storage on 30 April 1944: 19.190.000 litres or c. 22 months of use.

May 1944:
Usage: 1.410.000 litres (30 April - 3 June)
Storage on 4 June 1944: 17.650.000 litres or c. 21½ months of use.

June 1944:
Usage: 2.050.000 litres (4 June - 1 July)
Storage on 2 July 1944: 15.000.000 litres or c. 7-8 months of use.

July 1944:
Usage: 2.640.000 litres
Storage on 1 August 1944: 12.480.000 litres or c. 4-5 months of use.

August 1944:
Usage: 1.460.000 litres
Storage on 1 September 1944: 11.132.000 litres or c. 7½ months of use. The figure probably contains also some 85 tonnes of 100 octane fuel mentioned on the inventory.

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Re: Where did Finland get it's Fuel supplies from?

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Post by Seppo Jyrkinen » 25 Oct 2013, 17:18

Thanks.

Ribbentrop visited Finland 22.-26.6.1944 and on that time Finns had aerial fuel for 7-8 months of use. Anyhow the usage was growing strongly and it took some time to get fuel from Germany. In spite of Ribbentrop contract there was aerial fuel only for 4-5 months in the beginning of August. So, from Ryti's viewpoint, the situation must have been alarming.
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Re: Where did Finland get it's Fuel supplies from?

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Post by tramonte » 16 Mar 2021, 22:14

I have here aviation fuel consumption during Continuation War (FAF):

1941; 5,300,000 kilos
1942: 7,500,000 kilos
1943: 7,800,000 kilos
1944: 7,700,000 kilos
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1941-44: 28,300,000 kilos

No wonder why FAF wanted to limit combat aviation missions as much as possible, especially after 1941. I don't know official confirmed figures of combat flying missions and hours during the 1941-44 war. Nor do i know the figures of non-combat flying missions and flying hours.
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