| Recent Address: |
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London, OH |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Stewart R. and Hedwick F.; Siblings: Thomas, Alice; Wife: Gladys |
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| Hometown: |
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Berlin Heights, OH |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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June 29, 1942 |
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| Service Number: |
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35114358 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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468th |
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| Squadron: |
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794th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Salina, KS (July or August 1943) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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35 total. 25 from India and China. 10 from Tinian. |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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16 |
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| Targets: |
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Anshan, Palembang, Okayama, Heiti, Omura, Dairen, Aomori, Formosa, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Rangoon, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Dumbo/Mother P-51 fighters to japan and back to Iwo Jima, Omuta, Toyohashi |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars,Good Conduct Medal,Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters,Distinguished Flying Cross,Sharp Shooter Badge, Battles & Campaigns: Central Burma Campaign, India-Burma Campaign, China Campaign, Western Pacific Campaign, Air Offensive Japan
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Airplane Mechanics, Lincoln, Neb. Dec 1942; Flight Maint. Gunner, Denver. Colo. Sum 1943; B-29 Armorers, AAFTS September 1943 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Crew Chief, MOS 612-Airplane Armorer-Gunner |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Staff Sergeant |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-6409 The Uninvited, 42-24719 The Uninvited II
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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September 13, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Ohio Edison driving a line truck, setting poles and new lines and doing construction work. Eberhole-Fisher Funeral Home. |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| I remember fire-bombing Tokyo in 1945 on my birthday. After the war I brought our dog and bear back with me to the States. I gave the dog to our co-pilot's wife and the bear to the doctor's wife. She put the bear in the zoo. |
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| Comments: |
| Mr. Cline passed away July 2nd 2011. He is buried in Birmingham Cemetery in London, OH. |
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