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82nd Fighter Group 'HQ' Commanding Officers

 

1st Lt. Charles T. Duke..................Feb. 1942 - May 1, 1942

Col. Robert Israel, Jr.....................May 1, 1942 - Jun. 17, 1942

Lt. Col. William E. Covington, Jr......Jun. 17, 1942 - May 4, 1943

Col. John W. Weltman....................May 4, 1943 - Aug. 2, 1943

Lt. Col. Ernest C. Young.................Aug. 2, 1943 - Aug. 26, 1943 SCOREBOARD

Lt. Col. George M. MacNicol............Aug. 26,1943 - Dec. 21,1943 SCORE., KFA

Col. William P. Litton......................Dec. 21,1943-Aug. 4,1944 SCORE.,POW**

Lt. Col. Ben Mason, Jr....................Aug. 4, 1944 - Aug. 28, 1944 SCOREBOARD

Col. Clarence T. Edwinson..............Aug. 28, 1944 - Nov. 22, 1944

Col. Richard A. Legg.......................Nov. 22, 1944 - Jun. 4, 1945

Col. Joseph S. Holtoner...................Jun. 4, 1945 - Jul. 16, 1945

Lt. Col. Robert M. Wray...................Jul. 16, 1945 - ?

 

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- An article by Warren Thompson appears in the June '03 issue of Flight Journal magazine and is entitled "Turkey Shoot Over Vienna". It covers the mission in which the 82nd FG shot down 21 German aircraft in one mission.

 

- The Jan. 2003 issue of Fly Past magazine contains an article about the 82nd Fighter Group written by Warren Thompson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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