Originally Posted by
tubby linton
Thank you for all the responses. It is the fuel usage I am interested in as all of the aircraft in North Africa had to be supplied by sea as there was no local sources of supply. Convoys were escorted by aircraft which of course meant that the Axis were burning fuel just trying to get fuel to Libya. The Italian forces spent most of the war short of fuel which restricted operations.
And of course now we know there are a zillion barrels of the stuff under the sands - same as Alamein - it's a monster oil area
and how many lives would have been saved in the Atlantic if they 'd found Wytch Farm?