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Artifact of the Week: A-14 Oxygen Mask

artifact of the week, oxygen mask with box
Tue, 10/27/2020

This World War II era A-14 oxygen mask was manufactured by the Ohio Chemical & Mfg. Co. in Cleveland Ohio between 1943 and 1945.

These masks were issued to World War II pilots and crewmen, allowing them to travel and fight in the low oxygen upper atmosphere

photo of oxygen mask with illustrated box