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

them. By use of flak suits, personnel escape serious injury. All
personnel on the ship except the top turret and the ball turret
gunners wear these. It is not practical to wear them in these
positions due to the lack of space in the turrets. The top turret
gunner does wear a flak helmet.
Flak suits are now being kept in the operations department where
the men can come in and get them when starting on a mission and
they bring them back to assigned places upon return.
Due to adverse weather conditions no operational flying was
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accomplished on the 14 and 15 . Ground school and training
activities were carried out by all crewmembers remaining on the
base. Individuals who have been flying for the past several
missions were permitted to go on pass if they chose.
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The following is an addition to the 13 that was added on at the
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end of the month: On the mission of the 13 , Sgt. Henry H. Ray
suffered a broken ankle. He was serving as waist gunner on ship
#2116, which aborted due to malfunction of #1 engine.
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15 July 1944: On the 15 , a new crew reported for duty with the
squadron. However, before they are available, they have to take
approximately three weeks additional training as they came
directly from the United States. Crewmembers reporting were:
Pilot, 2/Lt. James E. Faris; Copilot, 2/Lt. Richard L. White;
Navigator, 2/Lt. Norman L. Passeger; Bombardier, 2/Lt. Arcangelo
Carlini; Gunners; S/Sgt. Robert L. Taylor, Sgt. Claude E.
Harper;, Sgt. Paul E. Vinecourt, Sgt. William Weigle; Cpl.
Theodore Knapp; and Cpl. Melvin F. Wagner
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16 July 1944: On the 16 , the center of the factory area in
Munich, Germany, was bombed. This was done by means of PFF so
results were unobserved. Ten ships participated: Ship #7562
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Riser, Jr., Operations Officer and the “A” crew in the lead ship;
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#7632 (324 ) Lt. Peck and crew; #7540, Major Taylor and crew;
#1542, Lt. Dietrich and crew; #1636, Lt. Boggs and crew; #7504,
Lt. Pullen and crew; #7276, Lt. Supchak and crew; #1579, Lt.
Helfrich and crew; #7040, Lt. Basinger and crew; #7594, Lt.
Burwich and crew. All ships and crews returned safely. There was
one abortive. Ship #1579 aborted. Ball Turret gunner complained
of extreme pain and paralysis on right side of the face
immediately upon reach 16,000 ft. altitude. Pilot examined him
and found right side of face swelling. He stayed with formation
for another hour. Condition of ball turret gunner became worse,
so the ship returned to base.
Ground school and training activities were carried out by