(7) British Fuel Consumption
One of the most important resources to Britain is its oil reserves. Oil arrives in Britain at its ports, and then is distributed to oil storage facilities and oil refineries. From there, it is distributed to its industrial complex and to its population. A portion of that oil goes to airfields where it is used to fuel the aircraft of the RAF. There is a "fuel" number assigned to each British airfield. The fuel number represents the fuel on hand at the airfield. One point of fuel is used for each sortie flown by a single engine aircraft from that airfield, and 2 points for each twin-engine sortie. If the airfield runs out of fuel, its aircraft can't fly, and fuel can be destroyed by bombing the airfield. Primary airfields can have up to 400 points; secondary airfields 200. Fuel quantities can also be affected by bombing fuel facilities, such as oil refineries, oil storage, ports, or the rail yards where the oil is carried across the country and distributed. It's important to keep in mind, then, that severe damage to these oil facilities can directly affect the RAF's ability to conduct its defense.
May be a good idea to focuses the strategy on attacking oil refineries, oil storages, ports, and rail yards near oil facilities to get fighter command without fuel?
