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

abortives that have been caused by many things, but all the
pilots have claimed it is slow. The Squadron Commander personally
test flew it and found it defective, so until it makes a better
showing on a test flight, he has grounded it for combat
operation.
All ships and their crews returned safely to base after this
mission. Enemy opposition was meager.
29 May 1944: A target in Poland, Posen, was attacked by our
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bombers on the 29 . The mission was not considered successful.
However, all our ships completed it and returned safely to base.
Success of a mission, chiefly hinges on whether or not the target
was hit. There are so many factors entering in to prevent
accurate bombing that it is difficult to ascertain the reasons
for failure, but the main one on today’s mission was unfavorable
weather conditions. Ships taking part today were: #7304, Lt.
Knight and crew; #1909, Lt. Miller and crew; #7563, Lt. Collier
and crew; #1542, Lt. Maziarz and crew; #7075, Lt. Stunf and crew;
and #7504, Lt. Bruce and crew. There were no abortives.
1/Lt. Felix O’Quinn, Navigator, completed his tour on this date
and is awaiting assignment to other duties. Effective May 1,
1944, he was transferred to this squadron from the 324 th
squadron.
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30 May 1944: On the 30 , Dessau, Germany, was again attacked for
the second time this month. All reports indicate that the mission
was very successful. Thirteen ships from this squadron took part:
Ships #2490, Lt. Col. Milton, Deputy Group Commander, and Lt.
Sheriff in lead ship, leading the first combat wing; #7304, Capt.
Ranzoni and crew; #2116, Lt. Maxwell and crew; #9975, Lt. Collier
and crew; #7276, Lt. Thomas and crew; #7075, Lt. Kerr and crew;
#1909, Lt. Klinger and crew; #7173, Lt. Gardner and crew; #7563,
Lt. Ransberger and crew; #1579, Lt. Miller and crew; #7027, Lt.
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Pryor and crew; #7504, Lt. Bruce and crew; #8027 (322 ) Lt.
Stunf an crew. The latter ship aborted shortly after takeoff on
account of there being excessive gasoline fumes in radio
compartment and bomb bay; also, in the cockpit, waist and nose.
The fumes persisted and increased in intensity. This was
considered as an engineering abortive.
Enemy opposition, both from flak and fighters, was greater than
it had been for some time. The flak was heavy and accurate and
the fighters came right into the attack formation. The flak
disabled ship #9975, and when it started out of formation, the
fighters pounced on it. Our P-51 escort went to the rescue to
drive them off, but still our bomber went down. The following
crewmembers are missing in action: 1/Lt. Zack C. Collier, Pilot;
2/Lt. John T. Kelleher, Copilot; 2/Lt. William P. Clements,