Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)

Headquarters

media-5400.jpeg UPL 5400 P-51D 44-72227 CL-M of Lt.Col. Elwyn G "Eager El" Righetti, Commanding Officer 55th Fighter Group. Replaced his earlier P-51 44-14223 similarly marked. He was killed in this aircraft on 17th April 1945 when hit by flak attcking Grossenhaim A/D 30 Miles South of Dresden. Crash landed but body never recovered.

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Object Number - UPL 5400 - P-51D 44-72227 CL-M of Lt.Col. Elwyn G "Eager El" Righetti, Commanding Officer 55th Fighter Group. Replaced his earlier P-51 44-14223 similarly...

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Wormingford

People

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

Joseph A Seinkner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 55th Fighter Group Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: 33695155
Highest Rank: Private

Lieutenant-Colonel Mark K. Shipman of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, beside a P-38 Lightning.

Mark Kauffman Shipman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot 14th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: 19056952 / O-431166
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Dick A Smith

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 55th Fighter Group Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: O-580227
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Daniel E Speilman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 55th Fighter Group Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: 15087050
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)