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THIS WEEK in 82nd Fighter Group History / Sept. 3 - Sept. 9

 

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.....Lt. Col. George M. MacNicol

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

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

97th/CO.....Major Harry L. Smith, Jr.

Sept. 5, 1943.....2nd Lt. Robert W. Muir(95).....Mc202(Dest.)

 

Sept. 4, 1943.....2nd Lt. John L. Winney(95).....KIA

Sept. 4, 1943.....2nd Lt. Ernest J. Westine(96).....KIA

Sept. 5, 1943.....2nd Lt. Clifford L. Ragland(95).....KIA

 

 

 

1944

HQ/CO.....Col. Clarence T. Edwinson

95th/CO.....Major Warner F. Gardner

96th/CO.....Maor Richard E. Willsie

97th/CO.....Lt. Col. Paul J. Greene

NO SCORES

 

Sept. 4, 1944.....1st Lt. William J. Stefani(95).....KFA

 

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

 

* The 82nd Fighter Group was, inactivated, on September 9, 1945. *

 

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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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