{"id":1052,"date":"2020-04-29T02:17:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T02:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/?page_id=1052"},"modified":"2020-04-29T02:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T02:17:30","slug":"usaaf-a-14-demand-oxygen-mask","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/usaaf-a-14-demand-oxygen-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"USAAF A-14 Demand Oxygen Mask."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This mask was manufactured by The Ohio Chemical &amp; Mfg Co. in October 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204850-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This mask is fitted with a rare T-44 microphone assembly.\u00a0 This comprises a\u00a0deep chocolate colored loom (CO-287) with an American version of the standard RAF bell jackplug to one end and a Type\u00a0T-44-A magnetic microphone and AAF JK-26 socket at the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204825-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The T-44 fits inside the nose section of the mask alleviating the need for a throat microphone. Used primarily in aircraft fitted with RAF radio equipment,\u00a0this loom enabled AAF crews with the 8th and 9th AAF to plug their American made headgear into RAF aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200306_204903-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The standard AAF helmet jack plug connecting to the JK-26 and the bell plug to the aircraft.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info From  historicflyingclothing.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All photos are owned by Digital Fourten LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This mask was manufactured by The Ohio Chemical &amp; Mfg Co. in October 1944. This mask is fitted with a rare T-44 microphone assembly.\u00a0 This comprises a\u00a0deep chocolate colored loom (CO-287) with an American version of the standard RAF bell jackplug to one end and a Type\u00a0T-44-A magnetic microphone and AAF JK-26 socket at the other. \u00a0The T-44 fits inside the nose section of the mask alleviating the need for a throat microphone. Used primarily in aircraft fitted with RAF radio equipment,\u00a0this loom enabled AAF crews with the 8th and 9th AAF to plug their American made headgear into RAF aircraft. \u00a0The standard AAF helmet jack plug connecting to the JK-26 and the bell plug to the aircraft.\u00a0 Info From historicflyingclothing.com All photos are owned by Digital Fourten LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1052","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1052\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}