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

failure.
18 April 1945: Bombing was done on the marshalling yards at
Rosenheim , Germany with excellent results being obtained. Twelve
A/C of this squadron flew as follows: #471, Lt. Yavis and crew;
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#615, Lt. Smiekel and crew; #153 (324 ), Lt. P. Borgstrom and
crew; #225, Capt. Ward and crew; #276, Lt. Dean and crew; #431,
Lt. Templeton and crew; #909, Lt. Blanchet and crew; #540, Lt.
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Borgstrom and crew; #772 (324 ), Lt. Harvey and crew; #151
th (324 ), Lt. Dickson and crew; #841, Lt. Hunt and crew; #618, Lt.
Whitten and crew. All returned safely to base and there were no
abortives.
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19 – 20 April 1945: No mission was scheduled for the 19 . The
th 20 , the group attacked Brandenburg , Germany . Hits on the
marshalling yards were good to excellent, even though by “PFF”
methods, this squadron was “stood down”.
21 April 1945: bombing was made on the Marshalling yards at
Munich , Germany by H2X methods. Results believed good. 12 A/C of
this squadron participated: #471 (Group Lead), Major Reid and
crew; #116, Lt. Templeton and crew; #618, Lt. Whitten and crew;
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#630 (Dep. Gp. Ld), Lt. Blanchet and crew; #755 (322 ), Lt.
Harvey and crew; #379 (aborted), Lt. Schilley and crew; #276, Lt.
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Dickson and crew; #088 (322 ), Lt. Dean and crew; #909, Lt.
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Borgstrom and crew; #095 (322 ), Lt. Smiekel and crew; #225, Lt.
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Bloodworth and crew; #591 (322 ), Lt. Phagan and crew. All
returned safely to base. #379 aborted due to mechanical failure.
22-24 April 1945: No operational missions were scheduled for
these days.
25 April 1945: This mission was our last one for this theatre,
although, it wasn’t known at that time. This made the 340th mission for the group and for ship #909; 140 completed missions
without an abortive, still holding the ETO record. This last
attack was made on an airfield at Pilsen , Germany . Good results
were obtained. 12 A/C of this squadron participated as follows:
#630, Lt. Thompson and crew; #225, Lt. Dean and crew; #116, Lt.
Hunt and crew; #615, Capt. Ward and crew; #540, Lt. Borgstrom and
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crew; #963 (322 ), Lt. Schilley and crew; #276, Lt. Dickson and
crew; #379, Lt. Martinson and crew; #636, Lt. Harvey and crew;
#909, Lt. Blanchet and crew; #263, Lt. Templeton and crew; #841,
Lt. Phagan and crew. All returned safely and there were no
abortives.
26-30 April 1945: No operation missions were scheduled. Ground
school and training activities were carried out as scheduled.
TOTAL FOR APRIL: this squadron flew 135 sorties with only three