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

and all returned safely, very little battle damage being
inflicted on our ships and no injuries to personnel.
Fighter escort was very good. Ships as listed went on this
mission: #761, Lt. Wood and crew; #774, Lt. Gorby and crew; #965,
Lt. Pickard and crew; #359, Lt. C. M. Williams and crew; #483
(322nd ship), Lt. Bradford and crew; #909, Lt. Samuelson and
crew. The latter two ships flew what is called a "diversion
flight".
26 Feb. 1944: On the 26th, weather conditions prevented flying of
any kind. Ground school and training was carried out by all
ground crews of this and two other squadrons to acquaint them
with the work the combat crews have been doing during the month.
The Group Commander, Col. Putnam, Major McPartlin and Captain
Dieble described the missions that had been flown by the 8th Air
Force, and by showing pictures on the screen and by use of maps,
gave a vivid description of how the German Air Force is being
knocked out of the war, or else made ineffective as a means of
defense against our attacks. Each person at that meeting surely
felt the significance of his job. An aerial offensive on the
scale that this squadron has participated in during the past two
weeks requires a lot of hard work and effort on the part of the
men on the ground. It is their job to "keep ‘em flying" and
judging from what was accomplished, it can be seen that they have
done their work very efficiently.
27 Feb. 1944: On the 27th, adverse weather conditions prevented
flying of any sort. It being Sunday, there was no ground school
or training activities. It was a "day off" for everyone to make
use of his time as he saw fit. Church services, as usual, were
well attended.
28 - 29 Feb.1944: The remaining two days, there was no
operational mission. There were four practice flights, and two
ships did practice bombing, dropping ten bombs each. The usual
ground school program was carried out.
On the mission of the 22nd, S/Sgt. Robert W. Heller, Tail Gunner
on ship #939, shot down one ME-110. It will be noted that S/Sgt.
Heller was a member of Lt. Maziarz's crew which was compelled to
ditch their ship in the north sea and were later picked up by Air
Sea Rescue. At least one enemy fighter was shot down to
compensate for the loss of ship #939.
On the mission of the 21st, T/Sgt. Glenn L. Jensen, Top Turret
Gunner on ship #815, shot down one FW-190. S/Sgt. Walter W.
Reich, Tail Gunner on ship #759, damaged one FW-190.