Capt. Jack Alcure

9/5/21 - 3/16/76

Picture courtesy of Capt. Bill Eastwood
Biography courtesy of John Nichols, Jack's nephew

Capt. Jack Alcure was born in Baltimore to an Army family. He grew up on military posts around the country. His father, an army Colonel, got Jack an appointment to West Point. But Jack, being the adventurous one, joined the Army Air Corp. in 1942. He saw combat throughout W.W.II flying P-40's as well as other aircraft and was a P.O.W. for a short time in North Africa. After the war he flew in "Operation Vittles," the Berlin airlift campaign. He joined Seaboard and Western in its infancy. He was initially based in Los Angeles but after a short time was back in New York and had a great career with S&W and Seaboard World. Moving to Westport Conn. in the 1950's with his wife, he had two daughters, one son, two nephews and a whole bunch of friends.