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Title	World War I Gas Mask
Subject	Military Ohio World War I Gas masks Military air pilots Goggles
Place	Dayton (Ohio) Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description	American pilot Lieutenant Stephen W. Thompson of Dayton, Ohio used this early gas mask on February 5, 1918, when he became the first man to down an enemy aircraft while serving the United States military in uniform. Like other gas masks of its time, this mask contains goggles and an air re-breather that prevented deadly poison gas from affecting the wearer's eyes and lungs. The fear of death by gas attack was a very real concern for World War I aviators. Gas masks became standard gear for frontline pilots due to the low altitudes at which combat occurred and the possibility of being shot down on a battlefield. The gas mask measures approximately 8" x 6" x 32" (20.32 x 15.24 x 81.28 cm). Thompson was invited to join a French bombing squadron on February 5, 1918 when the usual observer became ill. As a representative of the U. S. Army Expeditionary Forces he accepted the invitation and flew in the observer's place on the French Breguet bomber aircraft. During the mission two German Albatross fighters attacked the bomber. Thompson returned fire and shot one down over the village of Saarbrucken. He was not officially credited with this air victory until 1967 because of his unofficial status on the mission.
Date of Original	1918 circa
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s) G9-90-6
Submitting Institution	National Museum of the United States Air Force
Type	StillImage
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om2709_1994192_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2709_1994192_001.tif
Image Height	1048
Image Width	1445
File Size	430.738 KB

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