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.

 © IWM (K 554)

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

© IWM (C 111)

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

Australian War Memorial

An RAAF man with a pet monkey, Algeria, ca. 1944. Source

© IWM (A 33564)

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

National Library of New Zealand

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

 © IWM (D 18760)

American soldiers and dogs in the UK, WW2. Source

© IWM (CH 2251)

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

© IWM (A 1598)

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

© IWM (CH 1537)

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

© IWM (A 3996)

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

© IWM (Q 32300)

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

© IWM (CH 11978)

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

© IWM (B 6238)

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

© IWM (F 4881)

A British soldier and dog aboard ship, 1940. Source

John Philips, LIFE © Time Inc.

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

© IWM (Q 32252)

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

Australian War Memorial

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

 © IWM (CH 1296)

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

© IWM (NA 4178)

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

© IWM (A 23545)

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

© IWM (CL 604)

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

More wartime pets:

Part One (World War One)

Part Two

Part Three

Part Five