Wartime Pets Part Four

Considering how much I love this series, it's been a very long time since I had a wartime pets post. But, at last, another collection of soldiers, sailors and airmen with their animals.

An Australian soldier with Joey the kangaroo, a mascot smuggled into Malaya, c. 1942. Source

'Alyosius', the lamb mascot of an RAF squadron, 1939. Source

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The kitten mascot of aircraft carrier HMS Eagle in her specially made hammock, WW2. Source

A machine gunner with his pet rabbit, Libya, 1943. Source

American soldiers and dogs in the UK, WW2. Source

RAF night fighter pilots wear goggles to adjust their eyes for night flying, joined by squadron dog Kim, 1941. Source

Crew of the HMS Cossack with their dog Pluto, WW2. Source

Two Polish aces of the RAF with puppy, 1940. Source

Venus, the bulldog mascot of the HMS Vansittart, at the wheel, 1941. Source

A British army officer with a pet golden eagle he raised from a hatchling, Salonika, WWI. Source

A Trinidadian RAF fighter pilot with Spitfire and dog Dingo, WW2. Source

A driver mechanic in a jeep with his dog, Normandy, 1944. Source

A British soldier and dog aboard ship, 1940. Source

A soldier feeds the company's pet pig, US, 1940. Source

An officer of the Army Veterinary Corps with his collection of pets: two jackdaws, a goose, a wolf cub and an Alsation dog, Salonika, WWI. Source

An Australian soldier with a pet tree kangaroo, WW2. Source

A Czech RAF pilot is greeted by the squadron dog, WW2. Source

A piper plays for the sheep mascot of the Black Watch, Sicily, 1943. Source

A stoker teases the ship's dog, Shrapnel, with chocolate, 1944. Source

A Canadian RAF wing commander rests on the wing of his Spitfire with pet lab Sally, Normandy, 1944. Source

Wartime Pets Part One

Part Two

Part Three