Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis as it lands at an airfield in California. Crew members get off the plane and being congratulated by fellow pilots. Crew members talk to each other. Crew members including Major Carl Spaatz, Captain Ira Eaker, Lieutenant E.R. Quesada, Lieutenant H.A. Halvorsen, Sergeant R. W. Hooe stand against a plane. A pyramid of empty fuel drums symbolizing the 5,200 gallons of fuel used during the endurance flight of C-2A aircraft. Crew members pose in front of the mounds of gasoline cans.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Aerial photo of President Herbert Hoover's residence in California taken by the 15th Photo Section. An aerial photograph of the Cascade Range taken from the vicinity of the Crater Lake National Park by Captain A.W. Stevens. Various peaks in the picture including Mt. Hood, Mount Saint Helens, Mt. Rainier, Diamond Peak.
Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers bomb Genoa, Italy during World War II. Lancaster bombers on an airfield in England as they take off fro a night raid over Genoa, Italy. A map of Italy depicts the location of Genoa. Aerial view of thee city at night. Flares being dropped and then bombs descend and strike the city. Smoke rises due to the explosions. A rail road station being bombed. Flaks rise due to firing of anti aircraft guns. Searchlights drop and bombs being dropped in a second run over the city.
Royal Air Force Blenheim bombers strike the Goodrich tire factory in Paris, France during World War II. RAF bombers in flight and bombs being dropped over the Goodrich tire factory in Paris, France. Billows of smoke rise up after the explosion. A reconnaissance aircraft being worked at and a movie camera being loaded aboard it. Aircraft in flight. Aerial views of the damage caused after the RAF bombing of the factory. Damaged Goodrich tire factory. Pictures before and after the bombings depict the amount of damage caused. Another big building damaged by the bombings. Damage caused to the surrounding buildings. Wrecked Goodrich factory. Bomb crater at th factory.
U.S. General Carl Spaatz decorates men in Kairouan, Tunisia during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-8 aircraft fly over an airfield in Kairouan. Platoon of Saphis mounted on camels escort a car. General Carl Spaatz gets off the car. Troops lined up on the field. U.S. flag hoisted at the field. General Spaatz pins up Distinguished Flying Cross medal onto British Wellington pilots. Men lined up as General pins up medals. British soldiers lined up. Saphis mounted on camels. General decorates men with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. A Military Police officer salutes as a jeep arrives. U.S. Army officers step from the jeep. Four officers stand under a tree. A U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie. ' General Carl Spaatz , USAAF Chief of Staff, pins a Legion of Merit medal on Master Sergeant Einar (Curly) Klabo. Klabo salutes the General. Crew men lift Klabo on their shoulders. ( Note: "Goin Jessie" flew 50 combat missions with the 9th Bomb Group, 5th Squadron, while M/Sgt Klabo was her crew chief. She never had an abort.)
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