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97th - P O W - List

 

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1943

Jan. 17, 1943.....2nd Lt. Keith K. Lund.....INFO

 

Jan. 31, 1943.....2nd Lt. Harold R. Decker.....INFO

 

Jan. 31, 1943.....2nd Lt. Leonard E. Pratt*.....INFO

 

Feb. 4, 1943.....2nd Lt. John E. Doddridge.....INFO

 

Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd Lt. Lemuel D. McDaniel, Jr......INFO

 

Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd Lt. Ernest E. McAnulty.....INFO

 

May 5, 1943.....2nd Lt. Robert E. Beatty.....INFO

 

Aug. 20, 1943.....F/O Richard M. Butler, G-15 #43-2326, MARC #438.....INFO

 

Sept. 29, 1943.....2nd Lt. Jack D. King, G-10 #42-13143, MARC #932.....INFO

 

Oct. 9, 1943.....Capt. Clarence H. Corning* (HQ/97).....INFO

 

Dec. 20, 1943.....2nd Lt. John W. McLendon**, G-15 #43-2532, MARC #1601.....INFO

 

Dec. 20, 1943.....2nd Lt. Edward E. Tinker**, G-15 #43-2413, MARC #1599.....INFO

 

 

1944

Jan. 24, 1944.....2nd Lt. Robert E. Schultz**, G-15 #43-2501CO, MARC #2041.....INFO

 

Feb. 22, 1944.....2nd Lt. Preston E. Conner, G-15 #43-2480CG.....INFO

 

Mar. 18, 1944.....1st Lt. James R. Blackman, G-10 #42-13244.....INFO

 

May 29, 1944.....2nd Lt. Lawrence M. Jones, G-15 #43-2352, MARC #5406.....INFO

 

May 29, 1944.....1st Lt. Garrett R. Thomas, J-15 #42-104048, MARC #5409.....INFO

 

Jun. 10, 1944....2nd Lt. William H. Jefferson**, J-15 #43-28818, MARC #5761.....INFO

 

Jun. 10, 1944.....2nd Lt. John P. McMonegal**, J-15 #43-28821, MARC #5757.....INFO

 

Jun. 22, 1944.....2nd Lt. Donald W. Tolmie, J-15 #43-28661, MARC #6092.....INFO

 

Jul. 16, 1944.....2nd Lt. Walton M. Aldridge, J-15 #43-28626, MARC #6907.....INFO

 

Aug. 4, 1944.....1st Lt. Thomas W. Vaughan**, J-15 #43-28811, MARC #7298

 

Aug. 4, 1944.....2nd Lt. Alfred H. Ellison**, J-15 #43-28757, MARC #7187

 

Dec. 20, 1944.....2nd Lt. Lawrence G. Zellman, *Evader, J-15 #43-28652,

MARC #10675.....INFO

 

 

1945

Feb. 13, 1945.....Major Stephen A. Stone, Jr.(HQ), L-1 #44-25021, MARC #12125

 

Mar. 4, 1945.....2nd Lt. Thomas H. Lockridge, J-15 #43-28681, MARC #12714.....INFO

 

Apr.l 14, 1945....Capt. John W. Smith (HQ/97), L-1 #44-24427, MARC #13794.....INFO

 

Apr. 22, 1945.....2nd Lt. Pren G. Hollingsworth**, L-1 #44-23849, MARC #14024

 

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( *Evader - Downed behind enemy lines but escaped capture - usually with the help of the local resistance movement, and returned to ALLIED control. Not included on the list are those evaders who continued to fly with the groupafter their return. )

( * - Escaped from captivity and returned to ALLIED control. )

( ** - Released by their captors or repatriated before the end of the war. )

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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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