Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Nick Beale · #1 4th June 2025, 00:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Vasco

I was under the impression that for masks, 'one size fits all', Nick!

You’d have to take that up with Oblt. Mansfeld but apparently not! The request was put in more than once, and it seems there were old and new types of mask in contention. KGr. 100 had a particular problem as they needed to stay at high altitude to pick up the guidance beams when marking more northerly targets. One mask failure would abort the sortie.

John Vasco · #2 4th June 2025, 01:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

You’d have to take that up with Oblt. Mansfeld but apparently not! The request was put in more than once, and it seems there were old and new types of mask in contention. KGr. 100 had a particular problem as they needed to stay at high altitude to pick up the guidance beams when marking more northerly targets. One mask failure would abort the sortie.

Thanks for that explanation, Nick.

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