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.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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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 |
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 97th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16026965 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 97th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 55th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 95th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730690
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1056 twin engine
Aircraft
Revisions
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).