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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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