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

eaching altitude. Ships and crews taking part in this mission
were: #083, Lt. Donohue and crew; Lt. Kirkham and crew in #436;
#276, Lt. Bull and crew; #490, Lt. O’Neil and crew; #913, Lt.
Yavis and crew, which aborted. Those not flying continued with
their daily ground training.
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6 November 1944: On the 6 , Hamburg , Germany was our target,
the lead and high squadrons bombed by PFF methods and the low
squadron bombed on partial visual; not observing their hits. The
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following took part by representing the 323 in the lead
squadron: Major Taylor and Capt. Reid with the “A” crew in #135
th (324 ) leading the group; Lt. Stevens and crew; Lt. Corman and
crew in #116; #431, Lt. Basnight and crew; #909, Lt. Mullins and
crew; #841, Lt. Machee and crew; #083, Lt. Dietrich and crew;
#618, Lt. Kirkham and crew; #911, Lt. Donohue and crew; Lt.
Hettema in #642; #806, Lt. Yavis and crew; #490, Lt. O’Neil and
crew and #636, Lt. Bull and crew.
th 7 & 8 of November 1944: On these two days, adverse weather had
set in, so crews participated in ground school with good
attendance.
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9 November 1944: On the 9 , a change in bombing tactics took
place by bombing a tactical target in the Metz area in support of
the ground troops. Results were unobserved. This was also our
first bombing by “GH” methods. Ships and crews taking part in
this mission were: Capt. Maxwell and the “A” crew; in #357
st (401 ); #490, Lt. O’Neil and crew; #618, Lt. Kirkham and crew;
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Lt. Donohue and crew in #083; #707 (322 ), Lt. Dietrich and
crew; #806, Lt. Yavis and crew; #642, Lt. Hettema and crew; #913,
Lt. Stevens and crew; #911, Lt. Bull and crew; #276, Lt. Maghee
and crew; #116, Lt. Corman and crew. All returned safely and
there were no aborts.
10–16 November 1944: Adverse weather prevented us from
participating in combat activities during this period. Ground
School and training activities were carried out with fair
attendance. Passes were given to a number of personnel so as to
have them back on base when weather changes come.
16 November 1944: Another bombing mission in support of the
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ground troops in the Aachen area was made on the 16 . Bombing
was made by PFF methods with fair observations. Crews taking part
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in this mission from the 323 were: Capt. Boggs and the “A” crew
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in Ship #224 (324 ) leading our squadron; #911, Lt. Bull and
crew; #806, Lt. Yavis and crew; #540, Lt. Mullins and crew; #116,
Lt. Corman and crew; #083, Lt. Smith, Warren T. and crew; #276,
Lt. Eblen and crew; #618, Lt. Kirkham and crew; #642, Lt. Stevens
and crew; #841, Lt. Maghee and crew; #909, Lt. Koff and crew;