Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUESTION MARK ENDURANCE FLIGHT, BOLLING AFB, WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUESTION MARK ENDURANCE FLIGHT, BOLLING AFB, WASHINGTON, D.C.

1964

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Coverage of luncheon celebrating 35th anniversary of Fokker C-2 Question Mark record endurance flight. Crew members Gen Carl Spaatz, Lt Gen Ira C. Eaker, Col Harry Halverson and MSgt Roy Hooe attended. Also shows Maj Sidney Kubesch, pilot of record breaking B-58 flight from Tokyo to London; Maj Gen Brooke Allen, Headquarters Command; scenes of C-2 taking off, being refueled and landing; B-29s refueling by "looped hole" system; and speech by Lt Pete Quesada (223'-245' with soundtrack). Reel 1: l' Sign: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE and main gate. 7' Retired officers entering officer's club and dining area. 20' Display board and sign: HEADQUARTERS COMMAND SALUTES THE CREW OF THE "QUESTION MARK" JAN 1929-JAN 1964. 36' CUs Gen Spaatz seated at table. 38' MLSs Maj Gen Brooke Allen at microphone. 40' Gen Spaatz walking to podium and speaking. 48' CUs MSgt Hooe, Maj Sidney Kubesch. 54' CUs Lt Cen Ira Eaker, Col Harry Halverson, MSs Gen Spaatz speaking and leaving podium. 76' Views of guests departing luncheon. 84' CUs B-58 model on luncheon table, ECUs model B-58 and C-2 on coffee table. 87' MSs Maj Gen Allen and Question Mark crew talking and looking at scrapbooks in lounge. 101' CUs Gen Spaatz and Maj Kubesch talking and looking at B-58 and C-2 models. 118' MLSs USA Fokker C-2 being towed by tractor, crowd of men walking by C-2, C-2 taking off. 134' AVs refueling hose being lowered from USA C-1 to C-2. 139' INT views crew member in C-2. 141' AVs C-1 and C-2 during refueling operation. 197' Series of scenes C-2 taxiing in, crew debarking and being greeted. 223' Lt Pete Quesada (Ret) Question Mark crew member expressing his regrets that he is unable to attend luncheon. 248' AMSs refueling between two B-29s using British "looped hole" system. 316' Total footage in reel.

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Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974

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Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Spaatz retired with the rank of general on June 30, 1948. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Servic...

Allen, Brooke E. (Brooke Empie), 1910-1992

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Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451540 From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147461 U.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. From th...