Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. During WWII American Air Crews on multiple types of aircraft including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator required oxygen at high altitudes. For crewman whose roles required them to move about the plane they used "walk around" low pressure oxygen tanks such as this A-6 Oxygen Tank with AN-6022-1 Regulator.
The tank is painted standard yellow in very good condition and measures 15" tall by 7" wide. The side is stenciled in black paint:
Breathing
Oxygen
Non Shatterable
Low Pressure Oxygen Cylinder
Type A-6 Spec 40754 Internal
Volume: 280 Cubic Inches Available
The regulator has a cracked gauge. The data plate reads:
REGULATOR, OXYGEN DEMAND
AN-6022-1
mfg. Ass'y Part No. 1052
Serial No. AF 44 130249
Order No. W33-038-AC3158
SCOTT AVIATION CORP.
Overall a really interesting hard to find set from the bomber crews of the United States Army Air Force in World War Two.
The tank is painted standard yellow in very good condition and measures 15" tall by 7" wide. The side is stenciled in black paint:
Breathing
Oxygen
Non Shatterable
Low Pressure Oxygen Cylinder
Type A-6 Spec 40754 Internal
Volume: 280 Cubic Inches Available
The regulator has a cracked gauge. The data plate reads:
REGULATOR, OXYGEN DEMAND
AN-6022-1
mfg. Ass'y Part No. 1052
Serial No. AF 44 130249
Order No. W33-038-AC3158
SCOTT AVIATION CORP.
Overall a really interesting hard to find set from the bomber crews of the United States Army Air Force in World War Two.