![]() ![]() ![]() Smokys exploits continued when she jumped for the unit in a specially designed parachute and famously joined the aircrews flying daring sorties in the war-torn skies. When Smoky saved Wynnes life by barking a warning of an incoming kamikaze attack, he nicknamed her the angel from a foxhole. ![]() A total mystery as to her origins, she was adopted by US Army Air Force Corporal William Bill Wynne, an air-crewman in a photo reconnaissance squadron, bing an irreplaceable lucky charm for the unit. Book Synopsis The extraordinary, touching true story of Smoky, the smallest-and arguably bravest-dog of World War II In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to overwhelm New Guinea, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire Terrier was discovered hiding in the islands thick jungles. About the Book Originally published in 2018 by Quercus in Great Britain-Title page verso. ![]()
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