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Thanks Raptor, appreciate it

duffys tavern: I can make the pilot wear the mask at all times (I think), would this be historically correct?

Hey Pete,
Actually, when to wear an oxygen mask was usually up to personal preference below 10,000 ft. Above that it was mandatory because of Hypoxia. With the advent of the jet age, wearing the oxygen mask pretty much became standard because pilots had the microphone built into the mask and that is still the case today. It's just easier to put it on and leave it there. One less thing to have to worry about. British pilots wore thiers all the time because of the microphone situation. American pilots, at the begining of the war were using hand held microphones to talk on the radios. Later they switched to throat mics and eventually by the end of the war were wearing oxygen masks with the mics built in.

The long and short of it is, by the time of the Korean War (yes war), The wearing of the mask became fairly standard at all altitudes so it woudldn't be out of character to have the mask on all the time.