Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 42-102565
  2. Tail Letter: M
  3. Fuselage ID: 3O - M
  4. Group/Squadron: 398th, 601st
  5. Official Name of Aircraft: The Ugly Duckling
  6. Artist: Unknown
  7. Date of Photograph: 16 Aug 1944
  8. Photo Location: Nuthampstead
  9. Crew at time of Photograph: Unknown
  10. Final Disposition of A/C: Brought down by flak barrage during mission to Misburg, Germany, 26 Nov 1944. Crashed near Zwolle, The Neatherlands. Pilot Benjamin G. Rolfe and all crew members KIA. See our 398th Missing Air Crew Reports, MACR 11147; also see our 398th Killed in Action list.
  11. Interpretive Comments: This photo was in Jack's Books photo collection. The photo above is a close-up of the aircraft the Binger Crew is in front of on 16 Aug 1944 which was their final mission.

See also Binger's Crew photo in our Identified Crew Photos section and other The Ugly Duckling photos in our Aircraft Photos section.

Source Information:

  1. Photo Source: Jack's Books.
  2. Photo Reference: Binger's Crew Photo
  3. Photographer: Unknown but probably 398th Base Photographer.
  4. Information compiled by the 398th Web team with special thanks to Lee Anne Bradley and Geoff Rice.
  5. If you would like to add information about this photograph, please contact our Aircraft Photo Coordinator. Please include the title.