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Lieutenant General Ira Eaker talks about his most interesting and satisfying assignments during an interview in the U.S.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker is asked about his most interesting and satisfying assignments. He speaks about the command of the 20th Pursuit Group. He was there on duty with USAF General Henry Arnold. He talks about the officers who served and contributed with him in the Air Force. He speaks about his experiences while working with the officers.

Date: 1960
Duration: 5 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077134
During an interview in the US, Lieutenant General Ira Eaker talks about problems and difficulties faced during World War II.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about his difficult situations and problems. He says that the problems were there in the war years. The unsuitability of equipment and minimum of training were the main problems. He talks about the problems faced during combat in the European Theater during World War II. Other problem was the controversy with the British about what kind of effort should be made.

Date: 1960
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077135
Lieutenant General Ira Eaker talks about the Casablanca Conference during an interview in the United States.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about his experiences in the Air Force. He talks about the Casablanca Conference. He says that U.S. Army General Henry Arnold told them about the President's decision to discontinue the bombardment at daytime and join the British bombers in the night bombing. He told General Arnold that it was not possible as they were not ready for the night bombing, nor their crews were trained for night bombing. He advised to continue the daylight bombing. He presented a number of reasons for the same. They were then allowed to continue with the daylight bombing.

Date: 1960
Duration: 6 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077136
Lieutenant General Ira Eaker talks about his transfer to the Mediterranean Command during an interview in the United States.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about his transfer to the Mediterranean Command. He says that when he was ordered to the Mediterranean, United States Army Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz also came up from North Africa. He was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. That was a remarkable opportunity and experience for him. He got an opportunity to get acquainted with a new area, commanders of other nations and to work in cooperation with them.

Date: 1960
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077137
Lieutenant General Ira Eaker talks about his experiences in the U.S. Air Force during an interview in the United States.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about experiences of World War II. He talks about his experience of working with General Henry Arnold and Carl Andrew Spaatz. He talks about the utility of the static warfare, the possibility of razing enemy ammunition factories and preventing ammunition from arriving at battlefield. The Air Force has given several opportunities to the individual. An individual learns flight test, flying experimentation and other things. The Air Force should have better airplanes, more powerful engines and better equipment to achieve better possibilities.

Date: 1960
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077140
During an interview in the US, Lieutenant General Ira Eaker talks about problems and experiments done by air corps.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about problems of the air corps during World Wars I and II. He says that achievements have to be in keeping the idea of air power alive. He talks about experiments in aviation done by them. He talks about the Question Mark flight. He also talks about opportunities to be exposed to several leaders which they got as fliers. He talks about the cancellation of United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft. Maneuvers were organized by them.

Date: 1960
Duration: 7 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077141