MY UNCLE PETE D. CHEREDNIK MEMORIAL Page 2
MY UNCLE PETE D. CHEREDNIK MEMORIAL
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO MY UNCLE
PETE D. CHEREDNIK
56th FIGHTER GROUP 62nd FIGHTER SQUADREN
ZEMKE'S WOLFPACK
Vancouver Man
On Combat Flight
2nd Lt. Cherednik
AN 8th AIR FORCE FIGHT-
ER STATION, England,. Nov. 12
(Special)-2d Lt. Pete 0. Cheri
ednik, 26, fight-
er pilot from
Vancouver,
Wash., has com-
pleted, an oper-
ational training
course and be-
gun combat flying over Eu-
rope in a P-47
T h u n d e r bolt.
plane., He is
now engaged. in
escorting heavy
bombers, divc-
Lt. Cherednik bombing a n d
strafing G e r-
man targets. 'Lt. Cherednik rc-
ceived his wings .and comis-
sion upon' completing advanced
flight training at Phoenix. Ariz.
Prior to his enlistment, he
was a marine electrician in Vancouver. He was graduated
from Vancouver High School and
later attended University
of Portland. His wife,' the former
Marian Clark, resides at 4106
Fir Street Vancouver, and his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Demetry Cherednik 1917 Harney Street, Vancouver, Washington
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Promotion of Pete D. Chered-
nik, husband of Mrs. Marian
Cherednik, 4106 Fir st., Van-!
couver, from second to first lieu- I
tenant has been announced by
Brig. Gen. Jesse Auton, com-
fighter wing, according to re-
manding general of the 65th re-
ports this morning. Lt. Chered-
nik is the wing security officer,
and he *served a tour of duty
as a. pilot with the Eighth air Force.
His mother, Mrs. D. Cherednik, is a resident of
1917 Harney Street of Vancouver, Washington.
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Aviation Cadet Pete Cherdnik,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Cherednik
1917 Harney st, has com
pleted his basic flying training
at the Merced Amy Air Field,
Calf., an announcement from the I
field says, adding, he will now;
proceed to an army advanced:
flying school to attain his silver
pi1ot wings.
An award for establihing a
new physical fitness record
among aviation cadets at Luke
mark I Field, Arizona,, was made to Lt.,
Peter D. Cherednik, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. Cherednik, 1917
Harney street at the AAF.
Training Command school. Lt.
Cherednik also received his
commission as a second lieuten-
ant and his pilot's wings at the
same time. The award was
based on his record of one hun-
dred and fourteen body lifts,
twenty-three chin-ups, and the
three hundred-yard shuttle run
in forty-four seconds, Lt. Cher-
ednik attended Vancouver high
School and University of Port-
land, where he played football.
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Lt.. Pete D. Cherednik of Van-
couver is now statiolled at
Bruning Army Air Field, Neb.,
where he is receiving training
in the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter
plane. A graduate of Vancouver
high school, he was employed
at Kaiser yard prior to his en-
listment in the army in Octo-
ber of 1942. In April of this
year he won his commission .at
Luke field, Ariz. Lt. Cherednlk,
1917 Harney st., and his wife,
Marion, also resides in Vancou-
ver,
* * *
From air service command sta-
tion in England comes infoma-
tion that Second Lieutenant Pete
D. Cherednik, son of' Mr. and
Mrs. D. Cherednik of 1917 Har-
ney st., recently completed an
orientation course designed to
bridge the gap between traimng
in the states and combat sold-
diering against the enemy in
France. At the air service com-
mand &ation Lt. Clierednik at-
tended a series of lectures giv-
en by veterans of this command,
which included instruction on
chemical warfare defense and
pertinent tips on staying healthy
ln a combat zone. Before enter-
ing the AAF he was employed
as an electrician by the Kaiser
shipyard here.
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