Michael Chernick
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed near Lingen/Ems, GR after falling behind in the formation when the bomb doors would not close on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30337 'Eight Ball'. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eight Ball : 8 Ball : Flak Hack
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron 571st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
10 February 1944 | ||
Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added the cemetery to the Burial event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56357536. Added a connection to the 8th AF.
Added the award(s) mentioned in the "Summary biography" section.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology, Unit Website, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia