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

27 Sept. 1944: The squadron was “stood down” in its turn on the
th 27 , so did not participate in the mission against Cologne,
Germany. However, ground school was active as per usual.
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28 Sept. 1944: On the 28 , Magdeburg, Germany was attacked. Some
sort of synthetic plant is located there. Bombing results
considered unsuccessful. Twelve ships from this organization took
part: #8145, Lt. Col. Berry, Capt. Pullen and crew, leading;
#7630, Lt. Eblen and crew; #7956, Lt. Stone and crew; #7625, Lt.
Basnight and crew; #1636, Lt. Bull and crew; #8083, Lt.
Splawinski, and crew; #8379, Lt. McConnell and crew; #2116, Lt.
O’Neil and crew; #7504, Lt. Faris and crew; #1909, Lt. Hettema
and crew; #7276, Lt. Snow and crew; #8360, Lt. Harris and crew.
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Ship was from 322 . All returned safely to base and there were
no abortives.
29 Sept. 1944: No operation mission for the day.
30 Sept. 1944: Munster, Germany was our target for today. Target
was the Marshalling Yards in the vicinity of Erus Canal. Bombing
was done by PFF, results of which were unobserved. Following is
the list of the thirteen crews participating from this squadron:
#7630, Lt. Maxwell and crew leading; #2990, Lt. Snow and crew;
#7276, Lt. Stevens and crew; #7625, Lt. Mullins and crew; #8083,
Lt. Liekhus and crew; #2379, Lt. Stone and crew; #7956, Lt.
Maghee and crew; #1636, Lt. Luthen and crew; #7504, Lt. Bull and
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crew; #1909, Lt. Hettema and crew; #7984 (401 ), Lt. Splawinski
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and crew; #6093 (401 ), Lt. Kirkham and crew; #7069 (401 ), Lt.
Faris and crew. All returned safely and there were no abortives.
Considerable night flying was done during the month. On the night
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of the 11 , there was an accident in which Ship #1579 was
wrecked beyond repair.
One hundred twelve sorties were flown during this month. Weather
conditions were quite unfavorable during the entire month.
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A new crew reported in on the 9 as follows; Pilot, Lt. Hanford
J. Rustand; Copilot, Lt. Wyndham M. W. Peck; Gunners, S/Sgt. John
A. Griffith; S/Sgt. Gilbert Crotte; Sgt. Roger T. Keys; Sgt. John
P. Murphy; Sgt. George E. Roach; and Cpl. John S. Gercovich. This
crew reported in without a Navigator and Bombardier.
OCTOBER 1944 as prepared by Capt. Laurence E. Baird:
1 Oct. 1944: There was no mission on the 1st. Ground School and
Training Activities were carried out by combat personnel. Ground
Personel, as usual, engaged in routine maintenance work.
2 Oct. 1944: On the 2nd, Kassel and Fritzlar , Germany , were