82nd Fighter Group
GroupUpdated unit information
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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Based |
Maydown | 6 October 1942 - 16 December 1942 |
Based |
Eglinton | 15 October 1942 - 3 January 1942 |
Based |
Bertreaux | 28 March 1943 - 13 June 1943 |
Based |
Grombalia | 3 August 1943 - 3 October 1943 |
Based |
San Pancrazio | 3 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 |
Based |
Lecce | 10 October 1943 - 11 January 1944 |
Based |
Vincenzo | 11 January 1944 - 30 August 1945 |
Based |
Telerghma | 28 March 1943 |
Other Assigned 12th Air Force |
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Other Assigned 15th Air Force |
Encompassing
People
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 96th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730534
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-429831
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander/Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15074710
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 95th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Lady Lou
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 82nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Jeanie
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron 95th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Hellza Dropin
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 367th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 392nd Fighter Squadron 393rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Mx-y
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group
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).