The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AIRMEN UNDER INSTRUCTION BY A MEDICAL OFFICER IN A DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER. INSTRUCTOR WEARS RAF TYPE MASK WITH INTEGRAL MICROPHONE, TRAINEES BLB TYPE MASKS WITH LARYNGEAL MICROPHONES. ANGLED RECTANGULAR MIRRORS ABOVE TRAINEES ALLOW OBSERVATION OF ALL OCCUPANTS BY CHAMBER OPERATOR. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 4, MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE RAN AND RAAF, PAGE 350.
OPERATOR'S STATION OF DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER, INDICATING: (1) MAN LOCK ASCENT AND DESCENT VALVE CONTROLS; (2) MAN LOCK AND MAIN CHAMBER VACUUM GAUGES; (3) CHAMBER BAROMETRIC PRESSURE RECORDER; (4) CHAM
Type G oxygen mask with Type 26 microphone. The green rubber mask is lined with brown chamois leather, and has grey elastic straps for attachment to a flying helmet. The left cheek of the mask has a m
Type G oxygen mask with Type 48 microphone. The green rubber mask is lined with brown chamois leather, and has grey elastic straps for attachment to a flying helmet. The left cheek of the mask has a m
