Pete Demetry Cherednik
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Carpatho-Russian Defender
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Military site
- Site type: Airfield
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
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
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=cherednik&Submit…
https://www.fold3.com/page/85045857-pete-d-cherednik/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/627035966-pete-cherednik-1918
https://www.fold3.com/record/72918813-pete-cherednik
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75092741/pete-d-cherednik