 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
LAMBSY DIVEY |
B |
- |
24 |
J | - |
150 | - |
CO | 44-40170 | 8 | 491 | 853 | T8 | H | 00-3 |
N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side - Lost 12 Sep 44, GER - MACR 8859 - Pilot Robert W. Sparrow
Contributor - Brendan
Wood
Hit by flak and exploded with loss of all the Sparrow crew except gunner, Henry Morris, who was blown free and able to open
his chute.
Info Contributor - David
Mercado
This is the original crew of LAMBSY DIVEY. Shown with my
Father, David Mercado (Bombardier, Standing far right). 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 Cotnair - Pilot Sig Liebfeld - Co-Pilot Waymon Baker - Navigator David Mercado - Bombardier |
Kneeling (L-R) Chester Carr - Engineer Peter Perhach - Radio Operator Hassel Blayock - Gunner Andy Bouchard - Gunner Morris R. "Ray" Counts - Gunner |
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