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

nothing left to do about it except forget about it until the next
time and go to ground school. Practically all training devices
were in operation all day. There was one local flight, a two-ship
formation, for a period of two hours.
2 Feb. 1944: Next day, there was no operational mission
scheduled. Six ships did formation flying at low altitude for
five hours. This was done in the forenoon. That afternoon, five
ships were in the air for four and one half hours. This type of
flying is what all crews like doing. To put on a good show in
practice gives all personnel confidence and makes them feel as if
they can do the job well in actual combat. The best feature of
such activity is that with experienced leaders to check them, the
pilots and navigators, especially, can discover their weak points
and get them corrected. Ten men made use of the skeet range. Six
officers had link trainer, and classes were held in radio,
gunnery and navigation. Ground school attendance has improved
considerably during the past month.
3 Feb. 1944: On February 3, nine of our crews were briefed and
took part in a mission against Wilhelmshaven, Germany, where
large submarine and shipping facilities are located. Two ships
aborted, that is, they failed to go over the target. One due to
mechanical difficulty and the other, being late in taking off,
was unable to catch the formation. Ships and crews which went
over the target and dropped their bombs were: ship #730, Capt.
Dalton and crew; ship #580, Lt. Gorby and crew; ship #746, Lt.
Kolts and crew; ship #839, Lt. Register and crew; ship #761, Lt.
Pickard and crew; ship #774, Lt. Harding and crew; and ship #172,
Lt. Samuelson and crew. The latter ship failed to drop its bombs
and did not reach the target area, but it went quite far into
enemy territory. Enemy opposition was slight, either from
weakness at that point or for fear of our guns and the fighter
escort which went along to deal with them in case they did start
a fight. Total attendance at ground school was thirty three man
hours.
4 Feb. 1944: Next day, Frankfurt, Germany was the object of
attack once more. This target had been high on our list for
several days. Perhaps fate decided this as its day to be
plastered by our bombers for all in this squadron went
over the target and dropped their bombs with fairly good results.
There were seven of them from this squadron: ship #774, Capt.
Thompson and crew; ship #040, Lt. Hackleman and crew; ship #815,
Lt. Harding and crew; ship #027 (322nd ship), Lt. C. M. Williams
and crew; ship #712, Lt. Ward and crew; ship #939, Lt. Register
and crew; and ship #739, Lt. Wood and crew. Very little enemy
opposition was encountered except for flak coming up around the