82nd Fighter Group

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 An airman of the 82nd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force with his P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Chicken Dit". media-394897.jpg 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". Roger Freeman Collection

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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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Eglinton 15 October 1942 - 3 January 1942

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Bertreaux 28 March 1943 - 13 June 1943

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Grombalia 3 August 1943 - 3 October 1943

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San Pancrazio 3 October 1943 - 10 October 1943

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Lecce 10 October 1943 - 11 January 1944

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Vincenzo 11 January 1944 - 30 August 1945

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Telerghma 28 March 1943

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

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Assigned 15th Air Force

Encompassing

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
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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group
  • 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

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

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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).

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