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82nd Fighter Group Founded :
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82nd Fighter Group
82nd Fighter Group Artwork Collection |
  Lt William J Dixie Sloan by Ivan Berryman. |
| Aces for : 82nd Fighter Group | ||
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name. | ||
| Name | Victories | Info |
| William J Sloan | 12.00 | The signature of William J Sloan features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Frank D Hurlbut | 9.00 | The signature of Frank D Hurlbut features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Aircraft for : 82nd Fighter Group | |||
| A list of all aircraft known to have been flown by 82nd Fighter Group. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
| Squadron | Info | ||
Manufacturer : Lockheed | Lightning Designed by Kelly Johnson the P38 made its maiden flight on the 27th January 1939 and introduced into service in 1941. they cost $134,284 at the time each and a total of 10,037 were built. The Lockheed P-38 was introduced as a inceptor fighter but soon proved a valuable long range bomber escort for the 8thUS Air Force's B-17 and-24 bombers as they bombed targets further into Germany. | ||
| Signatures for : 82nd Fighter Group | |||||
| A list of all signatures from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | |||||
| Name | Info | ||||
 Lt Colonel Frank D Hurlbut Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by or with the mounted signature of Lt Colonel Frank D Hurlbut
| Lt Colonel Frank D Hurlbut Frank Hurlbut joined the National Guard in early 1940 before being activated following the Japanese Attack at Pearl Harbor. He was posted to the 82nd Fighter Group, 96th FS flying P38s in Europe. He became a P38 Ace on 10th July 1943 during a notable fighter sweep in which his Group was credited with 10 kills. Frank Hurlbut flew over 50 combat missions and scored nine confirmed victories, all in Europe, making him the second highest Ace in the 12th Air Force. In Italy, in the summer of 1944, where he flew P38s with the 96th FS. Attacking targets of opportunity and strafing trains, the squadron escorted the heavy bombers that attacked aircraft | ||||
 First Lieutenant Richard Ostronik Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by First Lieutenant Richard Ostronik | First Lieutenant Richard Ostronik Joining the service at the end of 1942, Dick Ostronik was posted to the 82nd Fighter Group in Italy, in the summer of 1944, where he flew P38s with the 96th FS. Attacking targets of opportunity and strafing trains, the squadron escorted the heavy bombers that attacked aircraft factories and industrial targets, and flew defending photo reconnaissance missions - once against a pair of Me262s. Dick flew over 30 combat missions, finishing his stint in Europe in May 1945. | ||||
 First Lieutenant Mel Roasvig Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by First Lieutenant Mel Roasvig | First Lieutenant Mel Roasvig Already in the Reserves, Mel Roasvig was activated for full service in August 1941, and was posted overseas to join the 97th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group, by then operating in Italy. Flying the P38 Lightning in its main role of bomber escort, he also took part in dive bombing operations in Czechoslovakia, and hitting targets of opportunity, including strafing an ammunition train which exploded, the debris seriously damaging his aircraft. | ||||
 Lieutenant Colonel William Dixie Sloan Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by Lieutenant Colonel William Dixie Sloan
| Lieutenant Colonel William Dixie Sloan Born in 1921, he went to flying school in 1942. Flying P-38 Lightnings over North Africa, he became the top Ace in that theatre, with 12 victories. He stayed in the Air Force after the war. He died 30th January 1999. | ||||
  Colonel Richard Willsie Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by Colonel Richard Willsie | Colonel Richard Willsie Joining up in 1942, Dick Willsie was posted to North Africa with the 414th Night Fighter Squadron, where he flew 31 missions on the Beaufighter. He transferred to the 96th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group, flying the P38 Lightning on 82 day missions through to the end of hostilities in Europe. He notched up a large number of ground attack victories as well as three aerial victories in his P38 'Snake Eyes'.On one mission Captain Richard Dick Willsie's P-38 was damaged by flak near Ploesti, Romania. After both engines failed, Willsie crash-landed but was rescued from capture when Flight Officer Dick Andrews landed his P-38 on the field, squeezed Willsie into the cockpit, and flew back to base. Willsie would go on to serve in both Korea and Vietnam, and Willsie became the commanding officer of the 602nd Air Commando Squadron and retired in 1974. | ||||
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