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

Again, thirteen ships of our squadron participated. Our dynamic
Squadron Commander led the group in A/C #471, assisted by the "A"
crew; #379, Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #540, F/O Adams and crew;
#630, Deputy Group Lead, Lt. Bull and crew; #806, Lt. Yavis and
crew; #909, Lt. Whitten and crew; #636, Lt. Williams and crew;
#116, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #276, Lt. Lawson and crew; #490, Lt.
McKnight and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #095, Lt. Cochran
and crew; #841, Lt. Scofield and crew. Due to mechanical failure,
Lt. Lawson and crew aborted. All ships returned safely.
7-8 Feb. 1945: No operation missions were flown. Advantage was
taken, of ground and air training activities, with good
attendance.
9 Feb. 1945: By "GH" methods, a railway viaduct at Altenbecken.
Germany was attacked. Our operators reported good runs. Our
thirteen ships that participated were: #478, Squadron Lead, Capt.
Donohue and crew; #909, Lt. Scofield and crew; #379, Lt. Theis
and crew; #841, Lt. Williams and crew; #061 (401st), Lt. Holliday
and crew; #276; Lt. Lawson and crew; #490, Lt. McKnight and crew;
#540, F/O Adams and crew; #636; Lt. Thompson and crew; #806, Lt.
Yavis and crew; #144 (401st), Lt. Hoffman and crew; #939, Lt.
Cochran and crew; #027, (322nd) Lt. Whitten and crew.
10-13 Feb. 1945: Although our crews were raring at the bit and
terribly anxious to get cracking; flying was not permitted
operationally on these days. Our mortal enemy was granted a few
days of respite. Our flyers were finally forced to be content
with ground training which was carried out reluctantly with good
results.
14 Feb. 1945: On this day, Dresden , Germany was bombed to
disappointment because the rain they expected us to give them
never came thru. Instead, Prague , Czechoslovakia looked more
promising for some reason or other, and so they caught hell
instead visually. This was carried out be our high and low
squadrons. Results were good. Some other target looked better to
our lead squadron so they hurried off an bombed it as a target of
opportunity by “PFF” with results unknown. Eight crews landed on
the continent. Our crews participating were #806, Lt. Theis and
crew; #939, Lt. Cochran and crew; #841, Lt. Shambaugh and crew;
#431, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #636, Lt. Harvey and crew; #490, Lt.
Borgstrom and crew; #540, F/O Adams and crew; #860, Lt. Lawson
and crew; #276, Lt. Flynn and crew; squadron lead, Lt. Partridge,
in ship #630. Lt. Harvey and crew aborted due to mechanical
failure. All crews returned safely.
15 Feb. 1945: Our squadron took their turn at stand down on this
date, although the group attacked Dresden , Germany by “PFF”.