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Personal info

Full name
NERNEY, Frederick William
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-832854
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
406th Fighter Squadron,
371st Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 22

Immediate family

Members
Paul H. Nerney (father)
Louise G. Nerney (mother)
Paul H. Nerney (brother)
Mary T. Nerney (sister)
Gerald E. Nerney (brother)
Barbara L. Nerney (sister)
Alfred P. Nerney (brother)
Shiela A. Nerney (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-28620
Data
Type: P-47D-28-RA
Destination: Southwest of Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Mission: Motor Transport
MACR: 13175

More information

2nd Lt Frederick W. Nerney was a machinist before he joined the Regular Army in Providence, Rhode Island, on 14 December 1942.

"During an identification pass on M/T in town at L-9424, our yearling Red flight was subjected to 20MM and 40MM flak. Thinking I heard my wingman call out, 'I’m hit,' I looked back. Finding him still there, I once again directed my attention to the M/T’s. At that time, we were flying on the deck. I saw him turn up a small valley and pull up over a hill. He appeared to have good control over the ship when I last saw him. I checked for him again in about three or four minutes and called him on the R/T but without results. Very shortly thereafter, a crash-landed ship was called in by the leader of Yellow flight."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Paul H. Nerney III (nephew)