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

Smiekel and crew; #618, Lt. Whitten and crew; #263, Lt.
Skawienski and crew; #909, Lt. Hunt and crew; and #615, Lt.
Holliday and crew.
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6 April 1945: No operational mission on the 6 , ground school as
scheduled.
7 April 1945: Thirteen A/C of this squadron participated in a
mission to the Airdromes at Kohlenbissen and Fassberg, Germany.
Very good results were obtained on this attack. We had no
abortives and all ships and crews returned safely to base.
Following are those participating in this mission: #471, Lt.
Williams and crew; #431, Lt. Holliday and crew; #939, Lt. Smiekel
and crew; #615, Lt. Shambaugh and crew; #379, Lt. Martinson and
crew; #540, Lt. Borgstrom and crew; #263, Lt. Skawienski and
crew; #225, Lt. Ward and crew; #841, Lt. Schilley and crew; #909,
Lt. Blanchet and crew; #636, Lt. Harvey and crew; #618, Lt.
Templeton and crew; #276, Lt. Hunt and crew.
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8 April 1945: On the 8 , the locomotive repair shops at Stendal
, Germany felt the effect of our bombing. Even though attacked by
“PFF”, methods, strike photographs show excellent results. Twelve
of our A/C took part in this mission. They were: #471, Lt. Yavis
and crew; #276, Lt. Dickson and crew; #116, Lt. Blanchet and
crew; #909, Lt. Scofield and crew; #615, Lt. Hunt and crew; #431,
Lt. Holliday and crew; #263, Lt. Skawienski and crew; #225, Lt.
Ward and crew; #379, Lt. Martinson and crew; #939, Lt. Dean and
crew; #540, Lt. Templeton and crew; #841, Lt. Schilly and crew.
All returned safely to base and there were no abortives.
9 April 1945: The group participated in a mission to
Oberpfaffeniofen , Germany . This squadron took their turn and
was “stood down”.
10 April 1945: An attack on the Ordinance Depot at Oranienburg ,
Germany , proved to be another very excellent pinpoint bombing
mission by this group. This squadron led the attack sending
twelve A/C led by Major Thompson, C.O.. Also leading the group in
ship #471, with the “A” crew; #379, Lt. Martinson and crew; #540,
Lt. Borgstrom and crew; #630 (Dep. Op. Lead), Lt. Skawienski and
crew; #615, Lt. Templeton and crew; #225, Lt. Ward and crew;
#909, Lt. Blanchet and crew; #263, Lt. Smiekel and crew; #841,
Lt. Hunt and crew; #939, Lt. Dean and crew; #116, Lt. Schilley
and crew; #636, Lt. Harvey and crew. All returned safely to base
and there were not abortives.
11 April 1945: On the 11 , an attack on the underground oil
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storage plant at Freiham , Germany was made with very excellent
results. This squadron participated by putting up 13 A/C although