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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Louis J. Chelko

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

An Indebted American

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Activity During WWII

UPON GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE IN 1944, WENT TO WORK AT NACA, WHICH LATER BECAME NASA, AT THE LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. HIS FIRST PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE WHICH FUEL MIXTURES WOULD ENABLE THE P-47 THUNDERBOLT PISTON ENGINE TO FLY AT HIGHER ATTITUDES IN SUPPORT OF THE WAR.