George H Blalock Jr
Military
JOHN DEVRIES in incorrect. It is actually Sybrand Richard de Vries. I am his daughter.
Object Number - UPL 22707 - Crew of B-17 42-30831 Lazy Baby
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30831 'Lazy Baby'. A/C landed in Switzerland, however, T/Sgt Blalock had bailed out prior and was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lazy Baby
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Camp Croft, South Carolina 29302, USA | 17 September 1942 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 14 October 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
|
Born |
North Carolina, USA |
Revisions
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #115 on 14 Oct 1943 per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 913 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
See also: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 913
