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

mission for the day, all returning safely to base with no
abortives. #478, Lt. Williams and crew flew lead; #540, Lt.
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Borgstrom and crew; #615, Lt. Thompson and crew; #777(324 ), Lt.
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Shambaugh and crew; #623 (324 ), Lt. Harvey and crew; #220
th (324 ), Lt. Dean and crew; #379, Lt. Brown and crew; #431, Lt.
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Smiekel and crew; #618, Lt. Comstock and crew; #035 (401 ), Lt.
Lawson and crew; #116, Lt. Hunt and crew; #909, Lt. Blanchet and
crew; #225, Lt. Marinson and crew.
25 – 27 March 1945: For these three days, there was no flying,
except for a few transition flights. Practice missions were not
made due to hazy conditions. However, a training flight did take
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place on the 27 for some of the newer members of the group.
Aside from this, ground school and training activities were
carried out with fair attendance, as per this squadron is
concerned. There were a few pre-flights made to break in some new
engines.
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28 March 1945: The 323 squadron took part in the group’s 323
mission to bomb the aero engine factory at Spandau and the
Stendal Marshalling yards. The lead and low squadrons and six
ship element of the high squadron bombed the No. 2 target by PFF
methods with unobserved results. The high squadron leader, with
five of his ships and 2 from another squadron, bombed the No. 3
target (Stendal by PFF methods) with unobserved results. Twelve
ships of this squadron led the division as follows: Major
Thompson with an “A” crew in ship #471 leading the division;
#116, Lt. Dean and crew; #379, Lt. Martinson and crew; #630 (Dep.
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Division Lead), Lt. Scofield and crew; #038 (322 ), Lt. Constock
and crew; #618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #939, Lt. Cochran and crew;
#909, Lt. Smiekel and crew; #636, Lt. Harvey and crew; #615, Lt.
Lawson and crew; #263, Lt. Blanchet and crew; #225, Lt. Hunt and
crew. All returned safely to base and there were no abortives.
29 March 1945: There was no mission scheduled for the group.
Ground school and training activities were carried out.
30 March 1945: Bremen , Germany was bombed visually. Pin-pointing
was made on the shipbuilding yards with good to excellent
results. Of the thirteen ships and crews of this squadron
participating, all returned safely to base with aborts nil. #471,
Lt. Williams and crew leading the squadron; #263, Lt. Dean and
crew; #116, Lt. Thompson and crew; #116, Lt. Thompson and crew;
#225, Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #636, Lt. Hunt and crew; #909, Lt.
Blanchet and crew; #939, Lt. Cochran and crew; #431, Lt.
Martinson and crew; #276, Lt. Whitten and crew; #841, Lt. Lawson
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and crew; #306 (322 ), Lt. Smiekel and crew; #540, Lt. Comstock
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and crew; #591(322 ), Lt. Templeton and crew.