THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Apr. 30 - May 6
1942
HQ/CO.....1st
Lt. Charles T. Duke, to May 1st.
Col.
Robert Israel, Jr. on May 1st.
95th/CO.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Capt.
Roy E. Loe
97th/CO.....Major
Ernest C. Young
May 6, 1942.....S.Sgt.
Rudolph O. Dear(95 or 97).....KFA
1943
HQ/CO.....Lt.
Col. William E. Covington, Jr., to May 4th.
Col.
John W. Weltman, on May 4th.
95th/CO.....Capt.
T. K. McArthur, to May 1st.
Major
Ernest K. Osher, on May 1st.
96th/CO.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major
William W. Wittliff, to May 1st.
Major
William B. Petersen, on May 1st.
May 5, 1943.....1st Lt.
Julius F. Schoenberg(95).....SM82(Dest.)
May 5, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Richard F. Kenney, Jr.(95).....2-SM82(Dest.).....Me109(Dest.)
May 5, 1943.....1st Lt.
Charles R. Langdon(95).....SM82(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)
May 5, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Guido F. Lucini(95).....SM82(Dest.).....Me109(Dest.)
May 5, 1943.....Capt.
Ernest K. Osher(95).....Mc200(Dest.).....SM82(Dest.)
May 6, 1943.....1st Lt.
Eward I. Braddock(95).....Me109(Dest.)
May 6, 1943.....Capt.
Ernest K. Osher(95).....Me109(Damg.)
May 3, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Robert C. Bladorn(95).....KFA
May 3, 1943.....2nd Lt.
James D. Hamm(95).....KFA
May 3, 1943.....Capt.
T. H. McArthur(95).....KFA
May 3, 1943.....1st Lt.
C. D. Powell(95).....KFA
May 3, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Charles W. Price(95).....KFA
May 5, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Allen E. Ellerbee(95).....MIA
May 5, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Edgar L. Weddle(95).....MIA
May 5, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Robert E. Beatty(97).....POW
May 6, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Paul J. Lehochey(95).....KIA
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
May 2, 1944.....1st Lt.
John C. Tate(97).....Me109(Dest.)
May 5, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Roland O. Leeman(95).....Me109(Damg.)
May 5, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Nathaniel A. Pape(95).....2-Me109(Prob.)
May 5, 1944.....1st Lt.
Harlan N. Houtz(96).....Me109(Damg.)
May 6, 1944.....1st Lt.
Hal M. Johnson(95).....Me109(Dest.)
May 6, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Robert T. Miller(95).....Me109(Dest.)
May 6, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Andrew M. Blakley, Jr. (96).....Me109(Dest.)
May 6, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Joseph Cardimona, Jr.(96).....Me109(Dest.)
May 6, 1944.....1st Lt.
Terrance M. Coleman(96).....Me109(Dest.)
May 2, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Robert L. Emory(96).....POW
May 5, 1944.....2nd Lt.
Robert L. Klos(96).....KIA
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. Joseph H. Dickman
NO SCORES - NO LOSSES
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