The Ugly Duckling Nose Art - 16 August 1944

Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 42-102565
  2. Tail Letter: M; Fuselage ID: 3O - M
  3. Group/Squadron: 398th, 601st
  4. Official Name of Aircraft: The Ugly Duckling
  5. Date of Photograph: 16 Aug 1944
  6. Photo Location: Nuthampstead
  7. Crew at time of Photograph: Unknown
  8. 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.
  9. Interpretive Comments: This photo was in the Jack's Books photo collection. The photo above is a close-up of the plane the Binger Crew is in front of on 16 Aug 1944, their final mission.
  10. Artist: Unknown
  11. See also Binger's Crew photo in our Identified Crew Photos section and other The Ugly Duckling photos in our Aircraft Photos section.

Source Infomation:

  1. Photo Source: Jack's Books.
  2. Photo Reference: Binger's Crew Photo
  3. Photographer: Unknown
  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.





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