Giles B Cook Jr
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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
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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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm