Pete Demetry Cherednik

Military
media-50521.jpeg UPL 50521 Pete D Cherednik, 355FG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50521 - Pete D Cherednik, 355FG

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.



Transferred to HQ Sqn, 65FW, 8AF USAAF.



Transferred to 383FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Carpatho-Russian Defender
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Dakota 30 January 1918 Son of Demetrie Paul and Paraska Cherednik.

Enlisted

18500 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO 80011, USA 19 February 1943 Buckley Field Denver, Colorado

Based

Boxted 19 September 1944 Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Boxted, Colchester, UK 18 October 1944 Taxiing Accident Boxted/Sta 150 Cat 3 damage Lt Pete D Cherednik, 18-Oct-44. P-47D 42-26417 - 62FS 56FG 8AF

Other

Transferred

Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK 28 March 1945 Transferred to 383FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Vancouver, WA, USA 1 March 1984

Buried

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Vancouver Clark County, WA 4 March 1984 Evergreen Memorial Gardens Vancouver Clark County, Washington

Other

End of War

Europe

Other

Transferred

Saffron Walden, UK 28 March 1945 Transferred to HQ Sqn, 65FW, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Boxted, Colchester, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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