Subject: hi alt oxygen
From: Dave Eadsforth
Date: 3/11/04 3:51 PM Pacific Standard Time
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In article , ArtKramr
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Subject: hi alt oxygen
From: "Gord Beaman" )
Date: 3/11/04 10:07 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: 8o91509jd5cda3kuuemn759

n addition to what he says the effects of hypoxia onset versus
altitude is very un linear. The armed Forces mandate oxygen use
above 10,000 ft but you can easily survive for very long periods
at 20,000 while sitting quietly (I've done it) but increase this

Sure. But you can't operate a bombsight with any degree of accuracy under
those
conditions. Keep your mask on. And at night from the ground up.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer


Just out of interest, Art, did you ever have to use the A-7 mask (and
presumably a throat mike?) or was the A-14 in universal use while you
were operational?

Cheers,

Dave

--
Dave Eadsforth


In training at Cadet school we used a mask that had a rubber bag hannging down.
We called it a spit bag. Every few minutes you had to pull the plug from the
bottom of the bag and drain out the saliva. In cold weather it froze and
couldn't be drained. Once we graduated and went to transitional we were used
low pressure demand masks. More comfortable. Besides those early high pressure
systems were given to blowing up if even a minute amount of grease came in
contactwith the oxygen. It was a 1,000 lb/sq/ inch sytem., The later demand
masks worked on a low pressure system and were much safer as well as more
comfortable. Sorry.I don't remember the designations.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer