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Three Group commanders of the 353rd Fighter Group, 1945. Left to right they are: Colonel Ben Rimmerman, Lieutenant-Colonel Loren G. McCollom and Colonel Glenn E. Duncan. Former Prisoner of War McCollom visited the Group on 17th May 1945.
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Three Group commanders of the 353rd Fighter Group, 1945. Left to right they are: Colonel Ben Rimerman, Lieutenant-Colonel Loren G. McCollom and Colonel Glenn E. Duncan. Former Prisoner of War McCollom visited the Group on 17th May 1945.

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Glenn E Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-398671
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer of 353rd
Major Loren G. McCollom, of the 56th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Major Loren G. McCollom, 1943.'

Loren George McCollom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-393150
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot
Colonel Glenn E. Duncan, Commanding Officer of the 353rd Fighter Group from 25 November 1943 until 7 July 1944, when he was reported MIA. He evaded and resumed his command on 22 April 1945. Colonel Ben Rimerman, the officer on the right, was the 353rd Fighter Group's Commanding Officer in Col. Duncan's absence. May - August 1945. Colonel Rimerman was killed when the P-51 Mustang he was a passenger in crashed near Great Dunmow, Essex, on 11 August 1945. The pilot Captain William J. Maguire, who had flown w

Benjamin Rimerman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group) Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: 17011259 / O-346830
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Commanding Officer

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Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and person associations
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Added association to Ben Rimerman from caption info and corrected spelling of his surname in the caption.

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ContributorAAM
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection