First oxigen mask
Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:54 pm
On this image is Whilhem Hippert of Jasta 74 and in behind is well know Fokker D.VII in bkack and yellow checkers. This what he held is first high altitude respirator system ever but it is not much know about it's use.
P.S. it is my first topic here and I hope that it is not on wrong board
Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:24 pm
I own the book from whcxih that image comes from.
Amazing book it is indeed covering hisotry of USAAF flightgear in WW2.
I myself own over 38 oxygen masks from WW2 to modern day in my collect.
Amazing to think how primitive some of the WW1 and early WW2 stuff is to modern days useage.
Amazing book it is indeed covering hisotry of USAAF flightgear in WW2.
I myself own over 38 oxygen masks from WW2 to modern day in my collect.
Amazing to think how primitive some of the WW1 and early WW2 stuff is to modern days useage.
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Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:34 pm
Looks like a opium pipe 
Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:48 pm
Oxygen
You have a typo
You have a typo
Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:17 am
i was gonna say...... looks like what i smoked my special blend of wacky tobaccy in during my college days!! 
that thing must have been a jaw buster to clamp down on for the duration.
that thing must have been a jaw buster to clamp down on for the duration.