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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
Oxygen systems were generally low pressure and oxygen cylinders (or globes) were small. That meant that a hit to a pressurized O2 container would do some secondary damage, but not enough to blow the plane apart in the same way that an explosive hit to a partially full gas tank, bomb or ammo magazine would.
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If there's leaked gasoline then I'd expect a big release of oxygen, hours worth to the pilot, to take the next spark to a full scale boom.