Survival at Altitude for Heavy and Very Heavy Bomber Crews

Synopsis

These notes were originally intended as a source of general reference concerning OXYGEN EQUIPMENT AND ITS USE by members of crews of the B-17 and B-24 heavy bomber.

As a member of a heavy bomber team, in combat you will be living and fighting in a world where man has no business--from three to six miles above the environment for which nature designed you.

Successful and effective operation of combat crews at altitudes in excess of 15,000 feet requires that EVERY crew member be familiar with altitude problems. You must be so thoroughly familiar with your oxygen equipment that you will use it PROPERLY without giving it a thought. The time to acquire this experience is during operational training not after you have pulled several boners in combat.

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