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

was at McDill Field, Florida. Many members of the 91st Bomb Group
attended his funeral. He was buried in the cemetery near
Cambridge. This was the first fatality by accident among the
ground personnel of the squadron.
21 to 23 1944: There was no operational flying done due to
adverse weather conditions. Ground school and training activities
were carried out. There were several local flights and practice
bombing.
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24 July 1944: On the 24 , a tactical target at St. Lo., France,
was bombed. This was successfully done. Sixteen ships from this
squadron participated as follows: #7040, Major Taylor and crew;
#7234, Lt. Stunf and crew; #1579, Lt. Helfrich and crew; #2116,
Lt. Corman and crew; #7913, Lt. Snow and crew; #7276, Lt. Riser
and crew; #7304, Lt. Supchak and crew; #7540, Lt. Mullins and
crew; #7625, Lt. Basnight and crew; #7594, Lt. O’Toole and crew;
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#1673, (322 ) Lt. Eblen and crew; #1636, Lt. Luthen and crew;
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#1909, Lt. Dietrich and crew; #8128 (324 ) Lt. Basinger and
crew; #7956, Lt. Peck and crew; #7504, Lt. Pullen and crew. All
ships returned safely to base.
Ship #7234, aborted soon after takeoff.
Two new crews reported for a tour of duty, namely, Pilot, 1/Lt.
Hubert F. Donohue; Copilot, 2/Lt. Jerome E. Sweet; Navigator,
2/Lt. Donald J. Wellings; Bombardier, 2/Lt. Alan C. Hillman;
Gunners: S/Sgt. John N. Cardiff; S/Sgt. George G. Turner; Sgt.
Louis A. Ward; Sgt. Jimmy L. McClintock; Sgt. James E. Wilson;
Sgt. Adam M. Foti.
1/Lt. John W. O’Neil, Pilot; 2/Lt. William J. Duffy, Copilot;
Navigator, 2/Lt. Wayne B. Frye; Bombardier, 2/Lt. James J.
Hoffman; Gunners; Cpl. Vernon T. Beaman; Sgt. William N.
Hollenbaugh; Cpl. Edward J. Dobrinski; Cpl. Bruce J. Johnson;
Cpl. Claude A. McCarter; Cpl. Marvin B. Robinson.
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25 July, 1944: On the 25 , the tactical target a St. Lo., France
was again bombed. This time it was successful. Also, sixteen
ships from this squadron participated as follows: #7913, Lt.
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Stunf and crew; #1579, Lt. Helfrich and crew; #6083, (322 ) Lt.
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Eblen and crew; #7594, Major Taylor and crew; #1515 (324 ) Lt.
Snow and crew; #2116, Lt. Corman and crew; #1909, Lt. Dietrich
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and crew; #6126 (322 ) Lt. Basinger and crew; #7625, Lt.
Basnight and crew; #7540, Lt. Mullins and crew; #1636, Lt. Luthen
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and crew; #7304, Lt. Supchak and crew; #8012 (324 ) Lt. Riser
and crew; #7504, Lt. Huffman and crew; #7596, Lt. Pickard and
crew; #2490, Brig. Gen. Gross, with Lt. O’Toole and crew. All
ships returned safely and there were no abortives.