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Week in 82nd Fighter Group History/ Jul. 16 - Jul. 22
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.....Col. John W.
Weltman
95th/CO.....Major Ernest
K. Osher
96th/CO.....Major Buddy
Strozier
97th/CO.....Major William
W. Wittliff
July 16, 1943.....1st
Lt. Lincoln D. Jones(96).....Me109(Damg.)
July 16, 1943.....1st
Lt. Alf N. Larsen(96).....Me109(Damg.)
July 16, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Herman S. Solem(96).....Me109(Damg.)
July 17, 1943.....1st
Lt. Wilbur S. Hattendorf(95).....Mc200(Damg.)
July 19, 1943.....1st
Lt. Frederick F. Barker(97).....Re2000(Dest.)
July 22, 1943.....1st
Lt. Ward A. Kuentzel(96).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)
July 22, 1943.....1st
Lt. William J. Sloan(96).....Me109(Dest.)
NO LOSSES
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
July 20, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Elwood L. Howard(95).....Me109(Dest.)
July 20, 1944.....Major
Clayton M. Isaacson(96).....Me109(Dest.)
July 22, 1944.....Capt.
Joseph F. Belton, Jr.(95).....Ju52(Dest.)
July 22, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Robert Y. Haller(95).....Ju52(Dest.)
July 22, 1944.....1st
Lt. Paul R. Mass(95).....He111(Dest.)
July 22, 1944.....2nd
Lt. John R Tierney(95).....Fw190(Damg.)
July 22, 1944.....1st
Lt. Robert A. Biggs(97).....Ju52(Dest.)
July 22, 1944.....1st
Lt. Robert C. Griffth(97).....Fw190(Prob.)
July 22, 1944.....1st
Lt. LeRoy L. Lette(97).....Fw190(Dest.).....Fw190(Damg.)
July 16, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Walton M. Aldridge(97).....MIA
July 20, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Earl L. Hughey, Jr.(96).....MIA
July 20, 1944.....1st
Lt. Homer A. Spence(96).....MIA
July 22, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Earl G. Freestone(96).....POW
July 22, 1944.....1st
Lt. John R.C. Griffin(97).....KIA
July 22, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Andrew F. McPhie(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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