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

maintaining normal flight. This mission was counted an abortive,
for this ship and the pilot. Ship #7563, aborted. No. 2 engine
started throwing oil in a steady flow through cowl flaps.
Difficulties with oil pressure increased until the pilot was
compelled to return to base. This was engineering abortive. Ship
#2116 aborted. Oxygen filler line on right side of radio
compartment was stuck in the open position. After the ship
landed, inspection showed that the radio compartment line tended
to stick open. This was draining the oxygen from three positions.
It was felt that walk-around bottles should have been sufficient
to complete the trip. This was counted as an abortive.
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.
12 June 1944: On the 12 , an airdrome at Cambrai/Niergnies,
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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.