THIS
WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / May 21 - May 27
1942
HQ/CO.....Col.
Robert Israel, Jr.
95th/CO.....Major
Robert E. Kirtley
96th/CO.....Capt.
Roy E. Loe, to May 26th.
Capt.
F. P. Jenks, on May 26th.
97th/CO.....Major
Ernest C. Young
1943
HQ/CO.....Col.
John W. Weltman
95th/CO.....Major
Ernest K. Osher
96th/CO.....Major
Harley C. Vaughn
97th/CO.....Major
William B. Petersen
May 21, 1943.....2nd Lt.
Paul R. Cochran(96).....Me109(Dest.)
May 21, 1943.....1st
Lt. Douglas E. Crichton(96).....Mc202(Dest.)
May 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Lawrence P. Liebers(96).....Mc202(Dest.)
May 21, 1943.....1st
Lt. Phillip D. Rodgers(96).....Mc202(Damg.)
May 21, 1943.....1st
Lt. Charles J. Zubarik(96).....Me109(Dest.)
May 21, 1943.....F/O
Lwslie M. Carpenter(97).....Mc200(Prob.)
May 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Robert C. Congdon(97).....Me109(Prob.)
May 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. George E. Karam(97).....Fw190(Dest.)
May 21, 1943.....1st
Lt. Gerald L. Rounds(97).....Me109(Prob.)
May 21, 1943.....2nd
Lt. William E. Shoemaker(97).....Me109(Dest.)
May 21, 1943.....1st
Lt. Pincus P. Taback(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Prob.)
May 24, 1943.....1st
Lt. Frank A. Duncan(96).....3-Mc202(Damg.)
May 24, 1943.....F/O
Frank D. Hurlbut(96).....Mc202(Damg.)
May 24, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Clarence O. Johnson(96).....Mc202(Dest.)
May 24, 1943.....F/O
John R. Rawson(96).....Mc202(Prob.)
May 24, 1943.....1st
Lt. William J. Sloan(96).....Mc202(Damg.)
May 24, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Herman S. Solem(96).....Mc202(Dest.)
May 24, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Donn C. Warr(96).....Mc202(Damg.)
May 24, 1943.....1st
Lt. Henry L. Litchfield(97).....Me109(Damg.)
May 24, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Henry F. Reager(97).....Me109(Dest.)
May 24, 1943.....1st
Lt. Gerald L. Rounds(97).....Me109(Dest.)
May 24, 1943.....2nd
Lt. John P. Stover(97).....Me109(Dest.).....Me109(Prob.)
May 24, 1943.....2nd
Lt. Russell C. Williams(97).....Re2001(Damg.)
May 24, 1943.....1st
Lt. Charles J. Zubarik(96).....POW
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
May 25, 1944.....2nd
Lt. James D. Holloway(95).....Fw190(Damg.)
NO LOSSES
1945
HQ/CO.....Col.
Richard A. Legg
95th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Robert M. Wray
96th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Charles P. Hardy, to May 21 st.
Lt.
Col. Franklin H. MacNaughton, on May 21st.
97th/CO.....Lt.
Col. Joseph H. Dickman
NO SCORES - NO LOSSES
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