Observed arrival · 2026-09-08
Alvin “Jack” G. Cline — Service Record
A deeply documented wartime service archive following an Iowa pilot from Army bandsman to four-engine bomber captain.
Field notes
The archive combines a chronological account with a document index covering orders, certificates, letters, photographs, and memoir material. Its record follows Cline from selective-service duty in 1941 through pilot qualification in December 1942, overseas movement in 1943, combat service, teaching, and reserve duty. The page also preserves small archival corrections and context, including a transposed pair of combat figures in a squadron certificate and the reporting address supplied to families writing overseas.
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