Dailies of the 323rd - the 91st Bomb Group!

excellent job. Six ships of this squadron took part in this
mission as follows: Ship #513 Lt. 1/Lt. William L. Wood and crew,
#636, 1st/Lt. William E. Reid and crew;, #909, 1st/Lt. Basil F.
Hackleman and crew; #580, 1/Lt. Cecil G. Gorby and crew; #774,
1st/Lt. Edwin B. Register, Jr. and crew; and #542, 1/Lt. Phillip
G. Mack and crew.
On this mission, 1/Lt. _????????? Pilot and
T/Sgt????????__Engineer/Gunner, finished their tours of duty with
the squadron and they were assigned to duty elsewhere.
19 March 1944: The 19th, being a Sunday, the usual ground schools
were followed. There was no operational mission.
20 March 1944: Frankfurt, Germany was the target for the 20th.
This was the 125th mission in which the squadron has
participated. There being 10/10 clouds over the target the
mission could not be completely observed, but the
mission was considered as successful. The following ships
participated #776, Lt. Register and crew; #636, Lt.. Mack and
crew; #513, Capt Kuehl and crew; #909, Lt. Hackleman and crew and
#541, Lt. Wilkinson and crew.
T/Sgt. John Williams, Engineer/Gunner; and T/Sgt. Jenson,
Engineer/Gunner completed their tours of duty and have been
assigned elsewhere.
21 March 1944: On the 21st, there being no operational missions,
ground school and training activities were carried out. No ships
flew locally.
22 March 1944: Next day, the 22nd, Berlin Germany was the target.
It was spoken of by members of the crews as to , there being a
sort of thrill on the part of each one participating in a raid
against the German Capital. This mission was considered
successful. Our ships did not encounter attack opposition from
the enemy as anticipated. Fighter escort was on the job and
perhaps kept the enemy from trying to attack. Ships taking part
were; #513, Capt Kuehl and crew; #580, Lt. Mack and crew; #947
(322 ship). Capt Ranzoni and crew; #774, Lt. Register and crew;
#909, Lt. Hackleman and crew; #636, Lt. Reid and crew; and #333
(322nd ship). Lt. Wilkinson and crew. The latter ship aborted due
to mechanical failure.
S/Sgt. Walter M. Reich, and S/Sgt. Rocco Poppa both completed
their tours of duty.
23 March 1944: On the 23,an Airdrome at Kiel, Germany, was the
primary target. Due to 10/10 cloud cover over the A/P an