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Just promoted, 2nd Lt. Robert E. Kirtley (Bob Kirtley collection)

95th Fighter Squadron C.O. Bob Kirtley at Mimes Field 1942 (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley with his P-38 at Mimes Field (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley with his ' training' plane in Dallas (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley in the cockpit of his P-40 (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley with his P-40 (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley escaped injury when his P-40 engine quit forcing him to make a belly landing south of Flint, Michigan (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley's P-40 in farm field south of Flint, Michigan (Bob Kirtley collection)

Now Captain Bob Kirtley at Mimes field shortly before 82nd Fighter Group transfer to North Africa (Bob Kirtley collection)

Bob Kirtley checks ammo reloading process at Mimes Field (Bob Kirtley collection)

Now MAJOR Bob Kirtley at a rare moment behind a desk (Bob Kirtley collection)

Jessie G. 'Blackie' Oliver (Ole Olson collection)

Walter J. Blair (Ole Olson collection)

William Blurock (front) & J.D.Stoutenborough (back) (Ole Olson collection)

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- The new article by Warren Thompson will appear in the special P-38 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. UPDATE--The article will actually appear in the June issue, not the upcoming issue as reported here before. Sorry for any problems this may have caused.

- 2003 Reunion info is coming in.-more.

- The Jan. 2003 issue of Fly Past magazine contains an article about the 82nd Fighter Group written by Warren Thompson. The magazine is currently available at Border's and Barnes & Noble in their magazine racks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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