THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Feb. 12 - Feb. 18
1942
Commanding
Officer.....1st Lt. Charles T. Duke
1943
HQ/CO.....Lt.
Col. William E. Covington, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major
William W. Wittliff
Feb. 15, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William J. Sloan(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 15, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Thomas A. White(97).....Fw190(Dest.)
Feb. 17, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Claude R. Kinsey, Jr.(96).....CantZ.506(Dest.)
NO LOSSES
1944
HQ/CO.....Col.
William P. Litton
95th/CO.....Major
Lawrence H. Bell, Jr.
96th/CO.....Major
Donald L. Perry
97th/CO.....Capt.
John S. Litchfield
Feb. 14, 1944.....1st
Lt. Samuel E. McGuffin(97).....2-Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)
Feb. 14, 1944.....1st
Lt. Albert G. Schneider(97).....Me109(Dest.)
NO LOSSES
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
NO SCORES
Feb. 13, 1945.....Major
Stephen A. Stone, Jr.(HQ/97).....POW
Feb. 14, 1945.....2nd
Lt. Martin F. O'Callaghan, Jr.(96).....KIA
Feb. 16, 1945.....2nd
Lt. George A. Bertram(95).....MIA
Feb. 17, 1945.....1st
Lt. Carl G. Graham(97).....KIA
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