THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Aug. 13 - Aug. 19
1942
HQ/CO.....Lt. Col. William
E. Covington, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major Robert
E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Major Harley
C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major Ernest
C. Young
1943
HQ/CO.....Lt. Col. Ernest
C. Young
95th/CO.....Major Hugh
M. Muse, Jr.
96th/CO.....Major Buddy
A. Strozier
97th/CO.....Major William
W. Wittliff
Aug. 17, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Herman S. Solem(96).....Me109 or Mc202(Damg.)
Aug. 18, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Charles N. Fagan, Jr.(97).....IFA
Aug. 19, 1943.....F/O
Robert H. Smidt(96).....MIA
1944
HQ/CO.....Lt. Col. Ben
A. Mason, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major Warner
F. Gardner
96th/CO.....Major Clayton
M. Isaacson
97th/CO.....Lt. Col.
Paul J. Greene
NO SCORES
Aug. 13, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Elwood L. Howard(95).....Evader
Aug. 14, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Donald G. Walrath(97).....KIA
Aug. 15, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Howard R. Cole(97).....W
Aug. 17, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Elbert W. Creech(95).....MIA
Aug. 17, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Robert Y. Haller(95).....POW
Aug. 17, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Joe Lake III(95).....KIA
Aug. 17, 1944.....2nd
Lt. William A. Weir(97).....KFA
Aug. 19, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Donald G. Vial(97).....MIA
1945
HQ/CO.....Lt. Col. Robert
M. Wray
95th/CO.....Major Charles
P. Nicholas, Jr.
96th/CO.....Lt. Col.
Franklin H. MacNaughton
97th/CO.....Major Robert
C. Booth
NO SCORES - NO LOSSES
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