WW2 U S AIR FORCE BAILOUT OXYGEN BOTTLE

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WW2 U S AIR FORCE BAILOUT OXYGEN BOTTLE:
$86.00

THE INFORMATION I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN, STATED THAT EARLY IN THE WAR, WHEN BOMBER CREWS HAD TO BAILOUT AT HIGH ALTITUDE THEY WOULD SOMETIMES PASS OUT BEFORE THEY COULD PULL THERE PARACHUTE CORD , AND FALL TO THERE DEATH. AS A RESULT, THE ARMY ISSUED THIS SMALL OXYGEN BOTTLE TO PROVIDE THE AIRMEN WITH THE OXYGEN THEY NEEDED. THE STRAPS WERE TIED AROUND ONE LEG AND WHEN NEEDED THEY WOULD OPEN THE VALVE AND PUT THE MOUTH PEICE IN THEIR MOUTH TO OBTAIN THE OXYGEN. THE MOUTH PEICE AND HOSE ARE MISSING FROM THIS ONE.OTHER THAN THAT IT IS COMPLETE. THE BOTTLE IS DATED 3 - 44 AND THE VALVE READS , THE OHIO CHEM & MFG CO , CLEVELAND , OHIO. MEASURES 15 INCHES TOP TO BOTTOM AND ABOUT 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. CANVAS BAG IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, NO HOLES OR LOOSE STITCHING AND FITS VERY TIGHTLY TO THE BOTTLE. A RARE PEICE OF WW2 HISTORY. THANKS