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

what happened, the cause being due to mechanical and electrical
failures.
Again, there was a full schedule of ground school and training.
One ship flew a practice bombing mission and dropped 20 -100 lb.
Practice bombs. Aircraft recognition classes were held.
20 April, 1944: Targets at Croiselle/ Beauvoir, France were
bombed on the 20th. The mission was completed but results of the
bombing considered unsuccessful. Eleven ships from this squadron
participated as follows: #234, Capt. Samuelson and crew; #116,
Lt. Wilkinson and crew; #909, Lt. Bruce and crew; #504, Capt.
Kuehl and crew; #580, Lt. Gorby and crew; #276, Lt. Thomas and
crew; #542, Capt. Ranzoni and crew; #304, Lt. Pryor and crew,
#636, Lt. Klinger and crew; #151, Lt. Sheriff and crew; #075, Lt.
Collier and crew. The latter were on their first mission. One
experienced officer went as Copilot. Lt. Fred T. Gardner went
along This is done to make sure that a crew can stay in formation
and take care of itself. After its first mission this way, the
crew is then put on its own and takes its place with the veteran
crews for regular combat flying.
Ground school was well attended on this date even though several
crews were in the air.. Efforts to increase training on the
ground are bearing fruit. It is no doubt the knowledge gained
will be helpful in future operations.
21 April, 1944: Acohnie, Germany, was the scheduled target for
the 21st.Ten ships took off and remained in the air the about
three hours, at which time the mission was recalled. It did not
sufficiently materialize so as to give sortie credit to the crew.
All the nine ships as listed returned safely to base without
encountering the enemy. Crews taking part in this flight are
already experienced in combat flying. Its no doubt they received
training in this days work, that is if you think of it as a sort
of practice mission. Ships taking part were: #131, Capt.
Samuelson,6and Lt. Reid, with Capt. Samuelson's crew in the lead
ship; #151, Lt. Sheriff and crew; #636, Lt. Bruce and crew; #580,
Lt. Gorby and crew; .#304, Lt. Collier and crew; #116, Lt.
Wilkinson and crew; #075, Lt. Register and crew; #909, Lt.
Hackleman and crew; #383 Lt. Thomas and crew and ship #304, Lt.
Collier and his crew were on their first mission as a crew. They
seemed to be right there with the best of them.
On this date, the "A" crew was on pass, so there was no practice
bombing mission flow. The skeet range was in use as well as the
synthetic trainers as scheduled for this squadron. It is found
that ground school can be well maintained even though no
operational mission is flown during the day.