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

28 Feb. 1945: Schwartz , Germany was another railway storage and
siding marshalling yards bombed by our bombers on the ”GH”. No
results were observed. Thirteen ships of this squadron
participated as follows: Squadron lead #478, Lt. Williams and
crew; #263, Lt. Adams and crew, #379, Lt. Brown and crew; #909,
Lt. Scofield and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #806, Lt.
Skawienski and crew; #939, Lt. Cochran and crew; #618, Lt. Dean
and crew; #225, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #636, Lt. Blanchet and
crew; #615, Lt. Dickson and crew; #116, Lt. Thompson and crew.
All returned safely to base and there were no abortives.
In summary for the month – this squadron sent 151 ships and crews
on operational missions for the month – 8 of which aborted,
making a total of 143 sorties. The loss of one crew on the 20 th
was our only loss. Ship #909 to date has 113 missions to her
credit without a single abortive.
MARCH 1945:
1 March 1945: Mission #304 for the group was made on Heilbrownn ,
Germany . Bombing was made on “GH” methods, with good runs. Crews
reported that upon leaving the target, they could see fire and
smoke coming from what they described as being the target. This
was a railway traffic center. Twelve ships of this squadron
participated in this raid as follows: Lt. Partridge and crew,
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leading the squadron in ship #651 (324 ); #363, Lt. Harvey and
crew; #379, Lt. Thompson and crew; #615, Lt. Shambaugh and crew;
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#324 (401 ), Lt. Dickson and crew; #116, Lt. Borgstrom and crew;
#618, Lt. Cochran and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #841,
Lt. Dean and crew; #225, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #909, Lt. Blanchet
and crew; #263, Lt. Martinson and crew. All returned safely and
there were no abortives.
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2 March 1945: On the 2 , the groups 305 mission was carried out
on Chemnitz, and Jocketa , Germany . The target assigned was
Bohlen, lead and low squadrons bombed the marshalling yards at
Chemnits. The high bombed a bridge at Jocketa. Bombing at Jocketa
was excellent while the marshalling yards were bombed “PFF”. The
rd 323 squadron was “stood down” in their turn, so did not
participate in this mission.
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3 March 1945: The 306 mission was on Chemnitz , Germany . Again
the marshalling yards caught the effects of our bombings. This
was the secondary target. The synthetic oil plant at Gropach was
the target assigned. Bombing was made with unobserved results by
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“PFF” methods. The 323 squadron led the group. The group
leading the division, Col. Sheeler and Lt. Partridge and crew,
flew lead in ship #630; #636, Lt. Skawienski and crew; #263, Lt.
Adams and crew; #471 (Dep. Division Lead) Lt. Yavis and crew;