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

16 Feb. 1945: A Benzol plant, 6 miles NNE of center of Essen ,
located in Gelsenkirchen , Germany , was bombed visually. The
strike photos show excellent results. All our crews returned
safely and there were no aborts. Crews taking part in this
mission were: Major Taylor and the “A” crew in ship #478 leading
the group; #116, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #630 (Dep. GP. Lead), Lt.
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Yavis and crew; #088 (322 ), Lt. Whitten and crew; #806, Lt.
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Holliday and crew, #431, Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #755 (322 ),
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Lt. Harvey and crew, #841, Lt. Skawienski and crew; #061 (401 ),
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Lt. McKnight and crew; #901 (322 ), Lt. Dickson and crew; #707
nd (322 ), Lt. Borgstrom and crew; #909, Lt. Scofield and crew.
This was considered a very successful mission.
17-18 Feb. 1945: There was no flying as far as operational
describable ground training activities took the attention of our
crews on these days. Missions were concerned on these two days.
However, the same
19 Feb. 1945: The Benzin Plant at Dortmund , Germany was attacked
by this group by “GH”. Results were unobserved. Crews taking part
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in this mission were: Squadron lead #145 (324 ) Capt. Donohue
and crew; #035, Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #636, Lt. Holliday and
crew; #843, Lt. Yavis and crew; #379, Lt. Skawienski and crew;
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#540, Lt. Adams and crew; #429 (401 ), Lt. McKnight and crew;
#618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #909, Lt. Cochran and crew; #116, Lt.
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Hoffman and crew; #678 (401 ), Lt. Dickson and crew. There were
no abortives and all returned safely to base.
20 Feb. 1945: Nienburg , Germany was the target, hitting the
railway workshops by “GH”, The bombing was unobserved. Twelve
ships of our squadron participated in this mission. Ship #471,
leading the squadron, Lt. Partridge and crew; #116, Lt. Hoffman
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and crew; #568 (324 ), Lt. Skawienski and crew; #618, Lt. Yavis
and crew; #379, Lt. Holliday and crew; #841, Lt. Shambaugh and
crew. Lt. McKnight and crew failed to return due to a direct flak
burst, several chutes were seen. There were no abortives.
21 Feb. 1945: Again, Nienburg , Germany was our target. The
Railway Station and goods yard was bombed on “PFF” but no results
were seen. Our squadron took their turn at “stand down” so were
not participating in this mission. Grounds school and training
activities were carried out with fair attendance.
22 Feb. 1945: The railroad traffic center at Stendal , Germany ,
was attacked on this date by our group. Bombing was done visually
with good results at 12,000 feet. Our Squadron Commander, Major
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Taylor, led the group in ship #651 (324 ); #909, Lt. Skawienski
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and crew; #806, Lt. Thompson and crew; #000 (322 ), Deputy Group
Lead, Lt. Yavis and crew; #618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #939, Lt.