Hassel M Blaylock

Military
media-13526.jpeg UPL 13526 This is the original crew of LAMBSY DIVEY. They did their final training in this plane and flew it to England in 1944. The plane was lost to flak 12 Sep 44, with another crew.

Standing (L-R)
George Cotnoir - Pilot
Sig Liebfeld - Co-Pilot
Waymon Baker - Navigator
Francisco Mercado, Jr. - Bombardier

Kneeling (L-R)
Chester Carr - Engineer
Peter Perhach - Radio Operator
Hassel Blaylock - Gunner
Andy Bouchard - Gunner
Morris R. "Ray" Counts - Gunner

Hit by flak and exploded 12 Sep 44 with loss of all the Robert Sparrow crew except gunner, Henry Morris, who was blown free and able to open his chute.

Correction to caption: Francisco Mercado, Jr. was baptized as 'David' but birth certificate stated 'Francisco'. In Army Air Force he was popularly known as 'Frank'.
-David Mercado, Son of Francisco Mercado, Jr.

Object Number - UPL 13526 - This is the original crew of LAMBSY DIVEY. They did their final training in this plane and flew it to England in 1944. The plane was lost to flak 12...

RTD Had mechanical failure and ditched in channel on 7/21/44 in B-24 42-51218.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lambsy Divey
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Interned (INT)

North Sea 21 July 1944

Born

Tyngboro, Massachusetts, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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