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Old 13th July 2020, 21:19
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Re: How did fighter pilots cope with excretions (urine & excrement) on VLR missions?

The P-51 has a relief tube. A description of its use is here:

https://books.google.com/books?id=rB...20tube&f=false


A drawing here, item 67: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5d/5b...23d17fd345.jpg


There is some information on the VLR flights from IWO here, along with mention of the relief tube. Such flights were 7 to 8 hours long:

http://www.506thfightergroup.org/mustangsofiwo.asp

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