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

#540, Lt. Borgstrom and crew; #116, Lt. Thompson and crew; #578
nd (322 ), Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #431, Lt. Whitten and crew;
#379, Lt. Dean and crew; #939, Lt. Scofield and crew; #841, Lt.
Lawson and crew; #225, Lt. Martinson and crew. All twelve 5ships
and crews returned safely to base and there were no abortives.
4 March 1945: For the fourth consecutive day and the groups 307th mission on Ulm-Reutlingen , Germany , Klockner Humboldt Factory
was bombed by the lead squadron. The low and high squadrons
bombed the center of the city of Ulm . Bombing was unobserved due
to dropping on “PFF”. Thirteen ships of this squadron completed
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the mission with the group as follows: #145 (324 ) Squadron
Lead, Lt. Williams and crew; #263, Lt. Adams and crew; #636, Lt.
Harvey and crew; #225, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #909, Lt. Blanchet
and crew; #431, Lt. Dean and crew; #615, Lt. Shambaugh and crew;
#939, Lt. Dickson and crew; #116, Lt. Martinson and crew; #379,
Lt. Brown and crew; #540, Lt. Borgstrom and crew; #806, Lt.
Whitten and crew; and #841, Lt. Lawson and crew. All returned
safely to base and there were no abortives.
5 - 6 March 1945: The next two days, there was no missions, which
gave the crews some time to rest up for the next to come and,
also, give the ground men time to repair ships damaged by flak
and to get a little sleep as well. Due to so much flying on
operational missions, classes are continued each day even though
there is a scarcity in attendance, which even prevails on stand
down days, but not to such a great extent.
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7 March 1945: The 91 Bomb Group’s 308 mission was to Dortmund
and Giessen, Germany . The lead and high squadron attacked the
coking plant at Dortmund ; and the low squadron attacked the RR
workshops at Giessen – all with fair results. Twelve ships of
this squadron participated in this mission as follows; #145
th (324 ) Lt. Partridge and crew; #806, Lt. Skawienski and crew;
#263, Lt. Adams and crew; #615, Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #618, Lt.
Whitten and crew; #540, Lt. Dockson and crew; #939, Lt. Cochran
and crew; #116, Lt. Dean and crew; #909, Lt. Blanchet and crew;
#225, Lt. Hoffman and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #636,
Lt. Martinson and crew. All ships and crews returned safely to
base and there were no abortives.
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8 March 1945: On the 309 mission to Huls , Germany , the Benzol
plant was bombed by our aircraft. Results were unobserved as
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bombing was done with GEE-Hequipment. The 323 squadron took
their turn and were “stood down” for this mission.
9 March 1945: The group’s 310 mission was Kassel , Germany .
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The marshalling yards were bombed visually with excellent
results. Twelve A/C of this squadron participated in this mission