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

th 318 mission by attacking Rheine-Salzbergen Airfield. All three
squadrons bombed visually with excellent results. Major Taylor,
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Squadron Commander, led the group in ship #145 (324 ) with the
“A” crew; #618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #806, Lt. Martinson and
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crew; #777 (324 ) (Dep. Gp. Lead), Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #639,
Lt. Templeton and crew; #540, Lt .Borgstrom and crew; #225, Lt.
Cochran and crew; #379, Lt. Smiekel and crew; #841, Lt. Blanchet
and crew; #263, Lt. Thompson and crew; #431, Lt. Hunt and crew;
#615, Lt. Dean and crew. All twelve ships and crews returned
safely to base and there were no abortives.
22 March 1945: The German Military Camp at Dorsten , Germany was
attacked on this day visually with fair to good results. Target
was well hit but bomb pattern is well scattered. Thirteen ships
of this organization took part in the mission as follows;
Squadron Lead, #479, Lt. Yavis and crew; #540, Lt. Borgstrom and
crew; #636, Lt. Harvey and crew; #909, Lt. Scofield and crew;
#806, Lt. Templeton and crew; #618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #379,
Lt. Brown and crew; #263, Lt. Dean and crew; #615, Lt. Martinson
and crew; #841, Lt. Lawson and crew; #431, Lt. Hunt and crew;
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#225, Lt. Blanchet and crew; #610 (401 ), Lt. Smiekel and crew.
All thirteen returned safely and there were no abortives.
(Ed. 4338806 323 OR D No name, 806, Lt. Templeton and crew Failed to Return, Landed on
the Continent behind "friendly" lines this b-17 was declared salvaged. One crew member was KIA
while another was WIA)
23 March 1945: The marshalling yards at Coesfeld , Germany felt
our bombing as the strike photographs show good to excellent
results. Of the twelve ships and crews that took part, all
returned safely to base and, of course, there were no abortives.
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The following participated: #588 (324 ) squadron lead, Lt.
Hoffman and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #939, Lt. Whitten
and crew; #909, Lt. Scofield and crew; #841, Lt. Martinson and
crew; #116, Lt. Thompson and crew; #615, Lt. Shambaugh and crew;
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#540, Lt. Borgstrom and crew; #566 (324 ) Lt. Dean and crew;
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#880 (324 ) Lt. Brown and crew; #225, Lt. Smiekel and crew;
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#263, Lt. Hunt and crew. This was the group’s 320 mission.
24 March 1945: The 24 was an unusual day for this group but not
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for the first time for this group to complete two missions in the
same day. Early morning the target was Vechta , Germany . All
three squadrons bombed the airfield visually with good results.
The three twenty-third took their turn at “stand down” so did not
participate in this mission. However, in the afternoon, the 323 rd
squadron flew the high squadron with Ridgewell and Nuthempstead,
attacking the airdrome at Twente-Enscheden, Holland . This
squadron bombed visually with excellent results as per the strike
photographs. Thirteen ships and crews participated in this second