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

crews were allowed passes.
5 Jan. 1945: Koblenz was the target for the group; however, this
squadron did not participate as we took our regular "stand down".
However, classes were well attended for the day and the squadron
had a critique to study better methods for the combat personnel
6 Jan. 1945: The 6th was another day the Marshalling yards at
Cologne . Germany felt our bombing, even though done by PFF
methods, Mickey Operators report excellent runs. Twelve ships of
this organization took part with one abort, It. Flynn and crew in
Ship #276, due to a fire in the upper turret.
The remaining crews completed the mission as follows: #104
(324th) Capt. Reid and the "A" crew, flying group lead; #083, Lt.
Sweet and crew; #806, FIO Adams and crew; #501, Lt. McConnell and
crew; #276, Lt. Flynn and crew; #490, Lt. Brown and crew; #911,
Lt. Shambaugh and crew.
7 - 9 Jan. 1945: Ground School and training activities were
carried out to a fair degree of success in spite of the cold
weather, which also made it very difficult on ground crews trying
to keep the ships in shape for missions.
10 Jan. 1945: An Airfield at Ostheim. Germany was bombed visually
with excellent results, which sounds good after so many missions
where the targets have been clouded over and impossible to see
with any accuracy whatsoever. Of thirteen ships, this squadron
had scheduled for the mission, only 11 completed the entire route
and returned safely. Two crews, Lt. Sweet in Ship #116 and Lt.
Brown and crew in #379 had engineering troubles and had to return
to base. Crews completing the missions were: #632 (324th) Lt.
Donohue and crew. #490, Lt. McKnight and crew; #939, Lt.
Partridge and crew; #806, Lt. Yavis and crew; #909, Lt. Scofield
and crew; #276, Lt. Flynn and crew #841, Lt. Shambaugh and crew;
#618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #431, Lt. Williams and crew; #911,
Lt. Meyer and crew; #772, Lt. Lawson and crew.
11-13 Jan. 1945: There were no missions scheduled and so classes
were well attended for these three days. Several crews took the
opportunity to take passes during this time. Weather conditions
prevented much practice flying during this time.
14 Jan. 1945: Again Koln, Cologne German's Marshalling Yards felt
our bombing.
Assessment for this group was impossible because of smoke and
debris from the excellent bombing of groups ahead of us. This was
also a visual bomb run. Crews taking part in this mission was as
follows: #471, Squadron lead, Lt. Dietrich and crew; #806, Lt.