military mascots in world war ii

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13 Squadron RAAF Ventura aircrew AWM P07175.014

13 Squadron RAAF Ventura aircrew AWM P07175.014

AWM caption : Informal group portrait of a Lockheed Ventura bomber crew of 13 Squadron RAAF with their mascot, a dog. Back row, left to right: Flying Officer Don Logan (observer) 051840 Henry Douglas (Doug) Da... More

Oscar the Cassowary with Lieutenant John Perry

Oscar the Cassowary with Lieutenant John Perry

Oscar the Cassowary, the mascot of the Australian Army, with Lieutenant John Perry in Dutch New Guinea.

British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947 E31102

British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947 E31102

British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947 Before voting at a tented polling station close to the pyramids, Corporal E Hopwood of 10 Maple Avenue, Acton, Wrexham, studies the Sunday Dispatch newspaper lead ar... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH2275

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH2275

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Hurricanes of No 401 Squadron undergoing maintenance at Digby, 16 March 1941. Comment : note dog on wing.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12362

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12362

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Sergeant H C Clayton, the bomb-aimer of a Handley Page Halifax "N for Nuts", of No. 77 Squadron RAF, shows the crew's mascot "Wakee Wakee" to Air Commodore G A Walker,... More

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. CNA1757

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. ...

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Wing Commander W G G Duncan-Smith, Wing Commander Flying, No. 244 Wing RAF, with "Bonzo", a bulldog mascot of one of the squadrons of the Wi... More

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted by the squadron mascot on returning to Duxford after a sortie in his Hawker Hurricane Mk I, 7 September 1940. CH1296

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted b...

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted by the squadron mascot on returning to Duxford after a sortie in his Hawker Hurricane Mk I, 7 September 1940. Sergeant B Furst of No. 310 (Cz... More

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain In the summer of 1940 the first Polish squadrons were formed in Fighter Command. No 303 'City of Warsaw' Squadron was the top-scoring RAF unit in Septemb... More

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain In the summer of 1940 the first Polish squadrons were formed in Fighter Command. No 303 'City of Warsaw' Squadron was the top-scoring RAF unit in Septemb... More

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H6357

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H6357

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 The Pipe Band of the London Irish Rifles on parade with their Irish Wolfhound mascot, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 31 December 1940.

The Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH2710

The Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH2710

The Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Pilots of No 54 Squadron RAF gathered round a Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA at Rochford, Kent. On the wing sits their Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader, R F Bo... More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A1042

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A1042

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Jenny the monkey is the ship's pet on board HMS WESTMINSTER, an escort vessel for a convoy moving from Sheerness to Rosyth. She lives in the wardroom and is looked aft... More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A20918

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A20918

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Admiral Sir Lionel Wells with Olga and her keeper, Petty Officer Dowdeswell at Scapa Flow.

Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, on the the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX with his Labrador retriever Sally, at Bazenville, Normandy, 31 July 1944. CL604

Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wi...

Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, on the the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX with his Labrador retriever Sally, at Bazenville, Normandy, 31 July 1944. Wing Command... More

"Dolly" a proud "British Lioness" is fighting with allied front-line forces. She is mascot of a South African Pioneer... - NARA - 196357

"Dolly" a proud "British Lioness" is fighting with allied front-line f...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pilots of No 54 Squadron RAF, Imperial War Museum

Pilots of No 54 Squadron RAF, Imperial War Museum

IWM caption : Pilots of No 54 Squadron RAF gathered round a Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA at Rochford, Kent. On the wing sits their Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader, R F Boyd, with the squadron mascot "Crash... More

Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, on the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX with his Labrador retriever Sally, at Bazenville, Normandy, 31 July 1944. CL604

Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wi...

Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, on the the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX with his Labrador retriever Sally, at Bazenville, Normandy, 31 July 1944. Wing Comman... More

IWM-A-1598-Pluto-mascot-of-HMS-Cossack

IWM-A-1598-Pluto-mascot-of-HMS-Cossack

Pluto the dog, mascot of HMS COSSACK stood on the lap of one of the ship's company as a group of them pose during torpedo and anti-submarine exercises.

Trawler 12 Pdr 12 Cwt WWII Imperial War Museum

Trawler 12 Pdr 12 Cwt WWII Imperial War Museum

A trawler's gun crew manning the 12-pounder 12 hundredweight Mk V gun on the focsle. Note the small dog stood behind the gunner on the right.

360th Mascot02

360th Mascot02

360th Engineer Regiment Company D in Europe from Camp Clayborne Louisiana August 1942 to September 1944. England, Wales, Normandy, Saint Malo, Riviera and Brest France.

360th Mascot04

360th Mascot04

360th Engineer Regiment Company D in Europe from Camp Clayborne Louisiana August 1942 to September 1944. England, Wales, Normandy, Saint Malo, Riviera and Brest France.

360th Mascot03

360th Mascot03

360th Engineer Regiment Company D in Europe from Camp Clayborne Louisiana August 1942 to September 1944. England, Wales, Normandy, Saint Malo, Riviera and Brest France.

360th Mascot01

360th Mascot01

360th Engineer Regiment Company D in Europe from Camp Clayborne Louisiana August 1942 to September 1944. England, Wales, Normandy, Saint Malo, Riviera and Brest France.

"Pete," the mascot, seems to scent the stern business of bullets and bombs ahead as he prepares to board a U.S. Coast Guard-manned transport bound for action in the South Pacific (51241062575)

"Pete," the mascot, seems to scent the stern business of bullets and b...

U.S. Coast Guard Public Relations Photo. 026-g-066-047-001