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

Ground school and training activities were carried out. There was
a lecture on tactics for a period of one hour. This was attended
by 81 combat crewmembers.
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9 June 1944: On the 9 , as there was no mission scheduled, the
crews were not busy. Ground school and training activities were
carried out but on a limited scale.
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10 June 1944: On the 10 , enemy gun installations were bombed.
They were located south of Boulogne, France, four miles. Results
were unobserved. Nine ships participated: Ship #2116, Lt. Maziarz
and crew; #7540, Lt. Pickard and crew; #1542, Lt. Smith and crew;
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#947 (322 ) Lt. Kerr and crew; #7276, Lt. Supchak and crew;
#7504, Lt. Ransberger and crew; #7173, Lt. Miller and crew;
#1909, Lt. Stunf and crew; #7304, Lt. Pryor and crew. All ships
returned safely, and there were no abortives.
11 June 1944: An airdrome at Beaumont Le Roger, France, was
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attacked on the 11 . Results of bombing unobserved due to
overcast and poor weather conditions in general. There were six
ships from this squadron who took part as follows: #7234, Capt.
Ranzoni and crew; #7075, Lt. Maxwell and crew; #1579, Lt.
Helfrich and crew; #1542, Lt. Smith and crew; #7276, Lt. Thomas
and crew; #7304, Lt. Supchak and crew. Also, Lt. Col. Berry,
Squadron Commander, Lt. Sloat, Squadron Bombardier, and T/Sgt.
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Streets, Tail Gunner, flew in a ship from the 379 group. All
returned safely to base and there were no abortives.
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12 June 1944: On the 12 , an airdrome at Cambrai/Niergnies,
France was bombed. This mission was successful. Twelve ships
participated as follows: #2116, Lt. Maziarz and crew; #7540, Lt.
Pickard and crew; #7504, Lt. Ransberger and crew; #7075, Lt. Kerr
and crew; #7234, Lt. Stunf and crew; #1909, Lt. Klinger and crew;
#7304, Lt. Pryor and crew; #7173, Lt. Miller and crew; #1542, Lt.
Basinger and crew; #1579, Lt. Helfrich and crew; #7040, Lt.
Maxwell and crew; #2490, Lt. Sheriff and crew. All returned
safely to base and there were no abortives.
13 June 1944: On the 13 , an airfield at Beaumont-Sur-Oise,
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France, was bombed. Due to poor visibility and weather
conditions, prevailing results could not be observed. This was a
tactical operation in order to assist invasion troops. Even the
weather was bad. The mission was carried out. A year ago the
ships would have been grounded from flying in such weather, but
the target was a vital one and whatever could be done to cripple
the enemy at this time was necessary. All our ships returned
safely to base without battle damage or injury to any member of
the crews. Nineteen ships, a record number for the squadron on
any one mission, participated as follows: A#7540, Lt. Smith and