THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Apr. 2 - Apr. 8
1942
HQ/CO.....1st
Lt. Charles T. Duke
1943
HQ/CO.....Lt.
Col. William E. Covington, Jr.
95th/CO.....1st
Lt. Alex K. Hamric
96th/CO.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major
William W. Wittliff
Apr. 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. Alex K. Hamric(95).....Mc200(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Wilbur S. Hattendorf(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. Edmund B. Anderson(96).....Ju52(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Paul R. Cochran(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lincoln D. Jones(96).....Me110(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. Joseph W. Jorda(96).....2-Ju52(Dest.).....Fw190(Damg.)
Apr. 5, 1944.....1st
Lt. Claude R. Kinsey, Jr.(96).....2-Ju52(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....Capt.
Raymond H. Lynn(96).....Me109(Damg.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. William B. Rawson(96).....Me109(Dest.).....3-Me109(Damg.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. George E. Wehman, Jr.(96).....Ju52(Dest.).....Ju88(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. John A. Caputo(97).....Me109(Prob.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Ray Crawford(97).....Me109(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Robert C. Delp(97).....Ju87(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. Merle E. Larson(97).....2-Ju52(Dest.).....Ju87(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....Capt.
Richard G. McAuliffe(97).....Me210(Dest.).....Me109(Prob.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Jack G. Walker(97).....Ju52(Dest.).....Ju88(Prob.)
Apr. 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. Claude R. Kinsey, Jr.(96).....POW*
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lee H. Lawrence(96).....KIA
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William A. Hieronymus(97).....MIA
Apr. 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Ernest E. McAnulty(97).....POW
DATE..............PILOT...............................GROUP.......PLANE................LOCATION.............................TIME
1944
HQ/CO.....Col.
William P. Litton
95th/CO.....Major
Herbert L. Phillips
96th/CO.....Major
Clayton M. Isaacson
97th/CO.....Major
Claud E. Ford
Apr. 2, 1944.....1st
Lt. Charles H. Pinson(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Apr. 2, 1944.....Capt.
Claud E. Ford(97).....Me109(Prob.)
Apr. 2, 1944.....1st
Lt. Leon G. Parcells, Jr.(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)
Apr. 2, 1944.....1st
Lt. John C. Tate(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Fw190(Damg.)
Apr. 3, 1944.....Capt.
Melvin D. Cooksey(95).....Me109(Damg.)
Apr. 3, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Roland O. Leeman(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Apr. 3, 1944.....1st
Lt. Clarence Dolezal(96).....Me210(Dest.)
Apr. 3, 1944.....Capt.
Claud E. Ford(97).....Me410(Dest.)
Apr. 3, 1944.....2nd
Lt. LeRoy L. Lette(97).....Me110(Dest.)
Apr. 4, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Harlon J. Conger(95).....Me110(Dest.)
Apr. 4, 1944.....Capt.
Melvin D. Cooksey(95).....Me210(Prob.)
Apr. 4, 1944.....1st
Lt. Thomas D. Hodgson(95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Apr. 4, 1944.....1st
Lt. Bart L. League(95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Apr. 5, 1944.....1st
Lt. Cornelius M. DiLauro(95).....Fw190(Damg.)
Apr. 6, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Hal M. Johnson(95).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Prob.)
Apr. 6, 1944.....1st
Lt. Clifford V. Lord(95).....KIA
DATE............PILOT.............................GROUP...........PLANE..................LOCATION...........................TIME
1945
HQ/CO.....Col.
Richard A. Legg
95th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Robert M. Wray
96th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Charles P. Hardy
97th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Thomas C. Kelly
Apr. 8, 1945.....1st
Lt. William P. Hayduk(95).....Me109(Damg.)
Apr. 2, 1945.....1st
Lt. Walter J. Blair(95).....POW
Apr. 8, 1945.....2nd
Lt. Thomas G. Morris(95).....KIA
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