82nd Fighter Group
Group
Updated unit information
Object Number - FRE 7566 - 1Lt. Gerald I. Rounds of the 97th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force with his P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Chicken Dit".
The 82nd Fighter Group flew training missions from bases in Northern Ireland between October and December 1942. They then joined the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa, supporting the ground invasion of Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. Between October 1943 and April 1945, the Group flew bomber escorts with the Fifteenth Air Force over Italy.
Connections
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Maydown | 6 October 1942 - 16 December 1942 |
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Based |
Eglinton | 15 October 1942 - 3 January 1942 |
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Based |
Bertreaux | 28 March 1943 - 13 June 1943 |
|
Based |
Grombalia | 3 August 1943 - 3 October 1943 |
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Based |
San Pancrazio | 3 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 |
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Based |
Lecce | 10 October 1943 - 11 January 1944 |
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Based |
Vincenzo | 11 January 1944 - 30 August 1945 |
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Based |
Telerghma | 28 March 1943 |
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Other Assigned 12th Air Force |
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Other Assigned 15th Air Force |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13076916/O-799418
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733836
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1055-single engine
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 96th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-743422
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron 96th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733904
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Snooks IV 1/2
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Sweet Pea
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 97th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
Air Force Combat Units of WWII
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983).
