THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Feb. 5 - Feb.11
1942
COMMANDING
OFFICER.....1st Lt. Charles T. Duke, of the newly formed,
82nd
Fighter Group. First known as the,
82nd
Fighter Control Squadron, on Feb. 9, 1942.
1943
HQ/CO.....Lt.
Col. William E. Covington, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Maajor
Harley C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major
William W. Wittliff
Feb. 7, 1943.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn(96).....Me109(Prob.)
Feb. 7, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Fred J. Wolfe(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lloyd E. Atteberry(97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. John A. Caputo(97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Dale L. Heffington(97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William M. Hieronymus(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....Capt.
Richard G. McAuliffe(97).....Me109(Damg.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....Capt.
William B. Petersen (97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Gearld L. Rounds (97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Louis A. Towson (97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Herman W. Visscher (97).....Me109(Dest.)
Feb. 8, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William J. Dunn (97).....MIA
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
NO SCORES - 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
Feb. 8, 1945.....( ?
) 96th or 97th.....Me262(Damg.)
Feb. 5, 1945.....2nd
Lt. Arthur D. Lewis(95).....POW
Feb. 9, 1945.....2nd
Lt. Glenn Davis(96).....KIA
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