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

Williams and crew; #490, Lt. McKnight and crew; #939, Lt.
Partridge and crew; #379, Lt. Adams and crew; #909, Lt. Hoffman
and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #276, Lt. Flynn and crew;
#911, Lt. Meyer and crew; #636, Lt. Lawson and crew. There were
no abortives and all returned safely. (Reference to the book "The
Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn" aircraft #43-38911, "Bull
Session" was lost).
15-16 Jan. 1945: The railway works and workshops at Ingolstadt .
Germany was the main feature for the day for this group. Our
squadron had a "Stand Down" but sent one ship and crew, #379, Lt.
Shambaugh and crew. Three 323rd men flew on crews in the 401st
squadron. Bombing was done by PFF methods with good results. On
th the 16 , training activities were carried out with good
attendance.
17 Jan. 1945: The Railway workshops at Paderborn . Germany was
the subject for our target on the 17th. Bombing was done by PFF
methods and all three squadrons lead ships had good runs. But
bombing was unobserved. 12 ships of this squadron participated.
Major Taylor led the group (commanding officer of 323rd
Squadron), in Ship #630, and the "A" crew; #490, Lt. McKnight and
crew; #116, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #618 (Dep. Group Lead), Lt.
Bull and crew; #909, Lt. Scofield and crew; #806, Lt. Williams
and crew; #083, Lt. Sweet and crew; #841, F/O Adams and crew;
#636, Lt. Lawson and crew; #755 (322nd), Lt. Flynn and crew;
#379, Lt. Brown and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew. All
returned safely and there were no abortives.
18-19 Jan. 1945: Weather evidently was adverse as we were not
scheduled for flying and there were no ships flying practice
missions. Ground school and training activities were carried out
with great success.
20 Jan. 1945: Our target for the 20th was the marshalling yards
at Ludwigshaven , Germany . Bombing was done by PFF methods with
unobserved results. Strike photos plotted bombs to fall in the
city. Thirteen ships of this squadron participated in the
mission. However, two aborted due to engineering difficulties.
Ships and crews aborting were Lt. Lawson and crew in ship #144
(401st) and ship #552, Lt. Whitten and crew. The remaining crews
to finish and complete the route were: #478, squadron lead, Lt.
Donohue and crew; #083, Lt. Sweet and crew; #939, FIO Adams and
crew; #841, Lt. Bull and crew; #431, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #836,
Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #379, Lt. Brown and crew; #806, Lt.
Williams and crew; #490, Lt. McKnight and crew. All returned
safely.
21 Jan. 1945: The A.F.V. works at Aschaffenburg , Germany was