Melvin L Cernicky
Military
Object Number - UPL 31005 - Lt. Melvin L Cernicky is depicted here during training in the US alongside an Alison engined P-51A.
Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 Bronze star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Bonny Bea Jeep Madam Queen Virginia
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Belle Vernon, PA 15012, USA | 10 December 1919 | Son of Joseph and Amelia [Tekely] Cernicky. |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 10 June 1944 - 6 November 1944 | Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK | 16 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
6 November 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Died |
Harmar, Harmar Township, PA 15238, USA | 12 July 2012 | |
| Arnold, PA 15068, USA | |||
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Initially in US Army as PT instructor. Applied for USAAC pilot training. | |
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Buried |
2800 Old Freeport Rd, Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA | Mount Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights, PA. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History
