THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Mar. 19 - Mar. 25
1942
HQ/CO.....1st
Lt. Charles T. Duke
1943
HQ/CO.....Lt.
Col. William E. Covington, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major
William W. Wittliff
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William L. Riddle(95).....Me109(Prob.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Daniel F. Sharp(95).....Me109(Prob.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Vern M. Yahne(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Douglas E. Crichton(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. E. W. Halverson(96).....Me109(Damg.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Samuel A. Hawes(96).....Ju88(Dest.).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Joseph W. Jorda(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Claude R. Kinsey, Jr.(96).....s/eItalian fighter(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Ward A. Kuentzel(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lee H. Lawrence(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William B. Rawson(96).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Prob.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Philip D. Rodgers(96).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn(96).....Ju88(Dest.)
Mar. 20, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Charles J. Zubarik(96).....2-Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Edward I. Braddock(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Richard L. Hattendorf(95).....Me109(Prob.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Archie F. Mallette(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....Capt.
T. H. McArthur(95).....Me109(Prob.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....Capt.
Ernest K. Osher(95).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Damg.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Hollis W. Roofner(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Daniel F. Sharp(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Vern M. Yahne(95).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Ray Crawford(97).....Me109(Prob.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Gerald L. Rounds(97).....Me109(Damg.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Pincus P. Taback(97).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 25, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Charles J. Rainear(95).....He115(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Oliver B. Hays(95).....KIA
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lloyd E. Atteberry(97).....KIA
Mar. 22, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lemuel D. McDaniel(97).....POW
DATE............PILOT..............................GROUP........PLANE...................LOCATION.............................TIME
Mar. 25, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Donald H. Shearer(95).....KIA
Mar. 25, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Thomas A. White(97).....W
1944
HQ/CO.....Col.
William P. Litton
95th/CO.....Major
Lawrence H. Bell, Jr., to Mar.21st.
Major
Herbert L. Phillips, on Mar. 21st.
96th/CO.....Major
Donald L. Perry, to Mar. 21st.
Major
Clayton M. Isaacson, on Mar. 21st.
97th/CO.....Capt.
John S. Litchfield
Mar. 19, 1944.....1st
Lt. Andrew J. Trammel(96).....Me109(Damg.)
Mar. 19, 1944.....1st
Lt. John S. Batie(97).....Fw190(Dest.)
Mar. 19, 1944.....1st
Lt. John C. Tate(97).....Fw190(Dest.)
NO LOSSES
1945
HQ/CO.....Col.
Richard A. Legg
95th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Robery M. Wray
96th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Charles P. Hardy
97th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Thomas C. Kelly
Mar. 21, 1945.....1st
Lt. Arnold L. Grover(96).....Fw190(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1945.....1st
Lt. William H. Lancaster(97).....Me109(Dest.)
Mar. 22, 1945.....2nd
Lt. George L. Rivest(97).....Fw190(Dest.)
Mar. 19, 1945.....1st
Wilburn R. Brookman(95).....KIA
Mar. 19, 1945.....1st
Lt. Robert E. Berry(96).....POW
Mar. 19, 1945.....1st
Lt. Howard B. Thrall(97).....KIA
Mar. 25, 1945.....2nd
Lt. Adrian C. Edwards(95).....KIA
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