Giles B Cook Jr

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Reunion after VE Day of US Eighth Air Force officers at Raydon air base where the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Captain William J. Maguire, Lieutenant-Colonel William B. Bailey (elbow bent), Colonel Glenn E. Duncan, Major James R. Carter, Lieutenant-Colonel Loren G. McCollom, Lieutenant-Colonel Wayne K. Blickenstaff and Captain Giles B. Cook Jr. Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Bailey was the Commanding Officer (CO) of between 353rd Fighter Group 9 September 1945 and 24 September 1945 media-377062.jpg FRE 364 Reunion after VE Day of US Eighth Air Force officers at Raydon air base where the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Captain William J. Maguire, Lieutenant-Colonel William B. Bailey (elbow bent), Colonel Glenn E. Duncan, Major James R. Carter, Lieutenant-Colonel Loren G. McCollom, Lieutenant-Colonel Wayne K. Blickenstaff and Captain Giles B. Cook Jr.

Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Bailey was the Commanding Officer (CO) of between 353rd Fighter Group 9 September 1945 and 24 September 1945. He took over as CO from Colonel Glenn Duncan.

Major Jim Carter was a pilot with the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group between 10 January 1945 and 8 May 1945.

Lieutenant-Colonel Loren McCollom was a pilot with the 56th Fighter Group before joining the 353rd Fighter Group as CO in August 1943. In November of that year he was captured as a POW. Captain Giles Cook was a ground officer with the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 364 - Reunion after VE Day of US Eighth Air Force officers at Raydon air base where the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Captain...

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