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I have tried loading Blink using IDE Arduino version 1.8.10. The flash appears to work ok but it never blinks after the Blink was flashed.
I have also tried flashing with Tasmota it also appeared to flash correctly but did not work. I finally flashed with the Sonoff bin file using ESPEasy instead of using the IDE Arduino. This worked fine, I was able to see the board on the network and program it using Tasmota .
Unfortunately Tasmota is not flexible enough for my needs. I need to be able to program it using the IDE Arduino development tools.
Any suggestions

Found the problem after many hours, feel pretty stupid. Although advertised as a mini D1, I found that the chip set was ESP8285 not ESP8266. Should have checked.
So using the WeMos D1 R1 does not work. The you have to use is the Generic ESP8285. Blink works fine.
Not sure why I did not get an error when flashing the device.