Aircraft No. 42-32080, Yellow Cab

447th Bomb Group
USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden
42-32080, Yellow Cab

Aircraft No. 42-32080, Yellow Cab, was completed at the Boeing Seattle plant on January 23, 1944, but did not reach the 447th until the middle of March. She was assiggned to the 708th Bomb Squadron and flew at least 36 combat missions.

Photo taken late September 1944 (approx. 25 missions shown)

Also taken around the same time, showing the name Yellow Cab and Elnora painted on No. 2 cowling.
From the collection of Wallace Forman

Combat Missions

1	04/18/44	ORANIENBURG RATHNOW	Legasse
2	04/19/44	LIPSTADT WERL	McGuire
3	05/07/44	BERLIN	Eastman
4	05/09/44	LAON/ATHIES A/D	Morley
5	05/25/44	BRUSSELS	Legasse
6	05/30/44	ST. POL SIRACOURT	Newman/Legasse
7	06/06/44	D-DAY TARGETS NORTH FRANCE	Legasse
8	06/08/44	NANTES (π)	Widstrom/Legasse
9	06/14/44	FLORENNES/JUZAINE A/F (π)	Widstrom/Legasse
10	06/15/44	MISBURG	Richard/Legasse
11	06/18/44	MISBURG	Hanks
12	06/19/44	ST. JEAN D'ANGELY	Leitch
13	06/22/44	NUCOURT	Duke/Hanks
14	07/14/44	AREA 10, CADILLAC	Peters
15	07/24/44	ST. LO AREA	Bowers
16	07/27/44	OSTEND	Allen/Hanks
17	08/15/44	HANDORF A/F	Young
18	08/24/44	BRUX	Hysong
19	08/27/44	BREST (π)	Douglas
20	08/30/44	BERLIN	Douglas
21	09/01/44	MAINZ	Polansky
22	09/03/44	BREST (π)	Douglas
23	09/09/44	GRASSY	Hanks
24	09/13/44	STUTTGART	Thorpe
25	09/22/44	KASSEL	Quintin
26	09/25/44	LUDWIGSHAFEN	Hawkins
27	09/26/44	BREMEN	Russell
28	09/27/44	LUDWIGSHAFEN	Hawkins
29	09/28/44	MERSEBURG	Zammett
30	10/02/44	KASSEL (π)	Tietjen
31	10/06/44	BERLIN	Pearsall
32	10/12/44	BREMEN	Douglas
33	10/15/44	COLOGNE	Lubinsky
34	10/17/44	COLOGNE	Moore
35	10/19/44	MANNHEIM	Quintin
36	11/04/44	HAMBURG	Adams

On November 4, 1944, Yellow Cab was hit by flak over the target area at Hamburg. Lt. Junior Adams appeared to keep with the formation through the RP, but the aircraft crashed into the North Sea killing all nine on board:

Pilot	Lt Junior M. Adams
Copilot	2Lt Robert E. McGuire
Navigator	2Lt Edwin G. Breaw
Bombardier	Lt Ross M. McCollum
Top Turret	S/Sgt Millard A. Bell
Radio Operator	S/Sgt John J. Roberts
Ball Turret	Sgt John P. Dewberry
Right Waist	Sgt John C. Collins
Tail Gunner	Sgt Lawrence A. Ornato

Extract from MACR 10162 (Paul Andrews' 8th Air Force Bits & Pieces)