THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Jul. 2 - Jul. 8
1942
HQ/CO.....Lt. Col. William
E. Covington, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major Robert
E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Capt. F.
P Jenks
97th/CO.....Major Ernest
C. Young
1943
HQ/CO.....Col. John W.
Weltman
95th/CO.....Major Ernest
K. Osher
96th/CO.....Major Buddy
A. Strozier
97th/CO.....Major William
B. Petersen
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. James R. Gant(95).....Mc200(Dest.)
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Robert W. Muir(95).....Mc202(Dest.)
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Eugene F. Phillips(95).....Mc202(Dest.)
2nd Lt. Daniel F. Sharp(95).....Mc202(Prob.).....Mc202(Damg.)
July 4, 1943.....F/O
Richard M. Butler(97).....Re2001u/isef(Damg.)
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. John A. Caputo(97).....Me109(Dest.)
July 4, 1943.....F/O
Thomas W. Gray(97).....Mc202(Damg.)
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Theodore P. Jochems(97).....Me109(Des.t)
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Robert R. Kinnie(97).....Me109(Damg.)
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Howard M. Pryor(97).....Mc200(Dest.)
July 4, 1943.....F/O
Joseph L. Shannon(97).....Mc202(Damg.)
July 4, 1943.....F/O
Verle M. Tilley(97).....Fw190(Damg.)
Major William W. Wittliff(97).....Me109(Damg.)
July 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. William J. Sloan(96).....Me109(Dest.).....Re2001(Dest.)
July 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. James V. O'Brien(97).....Re2001(Dest.)
July 5, 1943.....1st
Lt. Geral L. Rounds(97).....Me109(Dest.)
July 5, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Russell C. Williams(97).....Me109(Dest.)
July 3, 1943.....1st
Lt. Douglas E. Crichton(96).....KIA
July 4, 1943.....2nd
Lt. John P. Stover(97).....MIA
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 2, 1944.....Major
Warner F. Gardner(95).....Fw190(Dest.)
July 2, 1944.....1st
Lt. James D. Holloway(95).....Me109(Dest.)
July 2, 1944.....1st
Lt. Robert A. Biggs(97).....Me109(Damg.)
July 2, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Jack L. Darrow(97).....Me109(Dest.)
July 2, 1944.....Major
Claud E. Ford(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Me110(Dest.)
July 2, 1944.....1st
Robert C. Griffith(97).....2-Me109(Dest.)
July 4, 1944.....1st
Lt. Walter J. Carroll. Jr.(97).....Ju52(Dest.)
July 4, 1944.....Capt.
Richard M. Gangel(96).....Ju52(Dest.)
July 4, 1944.....1st
Lt. Arthur W. Kidder, Jr.(96).....Ju52(Dest.)
July 7, 1944.....1st
Lt. Joseph F. Belton, Jr.(95).....Me109(Dest.)
July 7, 1944.....2nd
Lt. James C. Hardin(95).....Me109(Dest.)
July 7, 1944.....1st
Lt. Jack D. Joley(95).....Me109(Dest.)
July 7, 1944.....1st
Lt. Merrill M. Adelson(96).....Me109(Dest.)
July 7, 1944.....1st
Lt. Walter J. Carroll, Jr.(96).....Me109(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Thomas W. Vaughan(97).....Fw190(Damg.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Charles E. Adams, Jr.(95).....3-Me410(Dest.)
July8,1944..Maj. Warner
F. Gardner(95)..Me410(Dest.)..Me410(Prob.)...Me410(Damg.)
July 8, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Robert Y. Haller(95).....Me410(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Jack D. Joley(95).....Me410(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Merrill M. Adelson(96).....Me410(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Walter J. Carroll, Jr.(96).....3-Me410(Dest.)
July 8,1944....1st Lt.
Pelton E. Ellis(96)..Me410(Dest.)..Me410(Prob.)...Me410(Damg.)
July 8. 1944.....Capt.
Richard M. Gangel(96).....Me410(Dest.)
July 8,1944.1st Lt. Arthur
W. Kidder, Jr.(96).Me410(Dest.)Me109(Dest.). trainer(Dest.)
2nd Lt. Andrew F. McPhie(96).....Me410(Dest.).....Me410(Damg.)
July 8, 1944.....2nd
Lt. Lawrence H. Noel(96).....Me109(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Charles H. Pinson(96).....Me410(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. John W. Sognier(96).....Me410(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st
Lt. Robert C. Griffith(97).....Me109(Dest.)
July 8, 1944.....1st Lt. LeRoy L.
Lette(97).....Fw190(Dest.)
July 7, 1944.....2nd Lt. Charles C.
Walker(95).....POW
1945
HQ/CO.....Col. Joseph
S. Holtoner
95th/CO.....Lt. Col.
Robert M. Wray
96th/CO.....Lt. Col.
Franklin H. MacNaughton
97th/CO.....Major Robert
C. Booth
NO SCORES / NO LOSSESS
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