THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Feb. 19 - Feb. 25
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. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Edward I. Braddock(95).....Ju52(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....1st
Lt. Joesph E. Durham(95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Alex K. Hamric(95).....Ju88(Prob.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley(95).....Ju88(Dest.).....Ar196(Dest.).....Ju88(Prob.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Charles R. Langdon(95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....Capt.
T. H. McArthur(95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Hollis W. Roofner(95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Donald H. Shearer(95).....Me110(Damg.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lincoln D. Jones(96)(with 95).....Ju88(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Jack Washburn(97).....He177(Dest.)
Feb. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Paul R. Cochran(96).....Ju88(Dest.)
Feb. 23, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Claude R. Kinsey, Jr.(96).....CantZ506(Dest.)
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Louis A. Towson(97).....KIA
Feb. 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Jack Washburn(97).....KIA
Feb. 23, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Leon W. Bass(95).....KIA
DATE...........PILOT.........................GROUP..........PLANE.........................LOCATION...............TIME
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. 23, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Darrel J. Skinner(97).....Me110(Damg.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....Major
Lawrence H. Bell, Jr.(HQ/95).....Me110(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Melvin D. Cooksey(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Hal M. Johnson(95).....Ju88(Damg.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Bart L. League(95).....Fw190(Damg.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....F/O
Roland O. Leeman(95).....Me210(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Frank E. Moxley(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Douglas A. Neilson(95).....Me109(Damg.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Hugh L. Thompson(95).....Me110(Prob.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Rudell Coursey(96).....Me110(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Charles H. Pinson(96).....Me109(Prob.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....2nd
Lt. John C. Aiken(97).....Me110(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Gene H. Chatfield(97).....Me210(Dest.)
Feb. 24, 1944.....1st
Lt. Fred Phillips, Jr.(97).....Me210(Dest.)
Feb. 22, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Preston E. Conner(97).....POW
Feb. 23, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Maurice C. Morrell(95).....KFA
DATE................PILOT....................GROUP..........PLANE.................LOCATION.......................TIME
Feb. 24, 1944.....2nd
Lt. George M. Gearhart(95).....POW
Feb. 25, 1944.....2nd
Lt. David A. McNamara(95).....MIA
Feb. 25, 1944.....1st
Lt. Louis C. Champion(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. Thomas C. Kelly
NO SCORES
Feb. 19, 1945.....1st
Lt. Ernest F. Benkoski(96).....POW**
Feb. 22, 1945.....1st
William B. Lassister(96).....POW
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