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Re: Smoking In Combat Aicraft
At medium to high altitude, gas fumes would be the least of an aircrew's worries, with an oxygen mask spewing out 100% oxygen right beside their faces. One would assume they turned off the oxygen while they had their fag.
I understand that B-24s had to transfer fuel in flight to maintain a decent Cof G, and there smoking was strictly forbidden because the fuselage tended to fill with fumes during this operation. Does anyone have more details on this?
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