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This Week in 82nd Fighter Group History / Jul. 23 - Jul. 29

 

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 - July 26, 1943

95th/CO.....Major Hugh M. Muse, Jr.

96th/CO.....Major Buddy A. Strozier

97th/CO.....Major William W. Wittliff

NO SCORES - 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 25, 1944.....1st Lt. Charles W. Elberty(95).....Ju52(Dest.)

July 25, 1944.....1st Lt. Roy I. Harman(95).....Ju87(Dest.)

July 25, 1944.....1st Lt. Jackson B. Wells, Jr.(97).....He111(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....Major Warner F. Gardner(95).....He111(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Edward F. Bodine(96).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Walter J. Carroll, Jr.(96).....Fw190(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Pelton W. Ellis(96).....2-Me109(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....Capt. Richard M. Gangel(96).....Me109(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....Major Clayton M. Isaacson(96).....Me410(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....Capt. JOhn W. Sognier(96).....Me109(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Richard E. Willsie(96).....Ju52(Dest.).....Me109(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Robert A. Biggs(97).....Me109(Dest.)

July 26, 1944.....2nd Lt. Jack L. Darrow(97).....Me109(Damg.)

July 26, 1944.....Major Claud E. Ford(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)

 

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Charles H. Pinson(96).....POW**

July 26, 1944.....1st Lt. Robert C. Griffith(97).....KIA

 

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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- An article by Warren Thompson appears in the June '03 issue of Flight Journal magazine and is entitled "Turkey Shoot Over Vienna". It covers the mission in which the 82nd FG shot down 21 German aircraft in one mission.

 

- The Jan. 2003 issue of Fly Past magazine contains an article about the 82nd Fighter Group written by Warren Thompson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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