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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. 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, becoming an irreplaceable lucky charm for the unit. When Smoky saved Wynnes life by barking a warning of an incoming kamikaze attack, he nicknamed her the angel from a foxhole.
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. But her most heroic feat was running a cable through a seventy-foot pipe no wider than four inches in places to enable critical communication lines to be run across an airbase which had just been seized from the enemy, saving hundreds of ground-crew from being exposed to enemy bombing.
In recognition of her efforts, Smoky was awarded eight battle stars.Smoky the Bravebrings to vivid life the danger and excitement of the many missions of World War IIs smallest hero.

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Copyright 2018 by Omega Ventures Cover design by Kerry Rubenstein Cover - photo 1

Copyright 2018 by Omega Ventures

Cover design by Kerry Rubenstein

Cover photograph: Photo taken of Smoky in the Pacific theater, from Yank magazine, US Army

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Originally published in 2018 by Quercus in Great Britain

First U.S. Edition: December 2018

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Picture credits in order of appearance:

: 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron;

: Australian Government, Australian War Memorial;

: Otis Historical Archives of National Museum of Health & Medicine (OTIS Archive 1);

: US Federal Government; 6: Maxwell Air Force Base

USAF Photographic Archives, US Federal Government;

: Rouse Voisey;

: Bill Wynne

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018949099

ISBNs: 978-0-306-92254-1 (hardcover), 978-0-306-92256-5 (ebook)

E3-20181031-JV-PC

WORLD WAR TWO:

War Dog

Judy: A Dog in a Million

Churchills Secret Warriors

The Nazi Hunters

Hunting the Nazi Bomb

SAS Ghost Patrol

MODERN DAY ELITE FORCES:

Operation Certain Death

Bloody Heroes

Cobra 405

Zero Six Bravo

Operation Relentless

CO-AUTHORED BY DAMIEN LEWIS:

Sergeant Rex

Its All About Treo

Fire Strike 7/9

Operation Mayhem

X Platoon

A Dog Called Hope

For the fallen of the 26th

Captain Sheldon P. Hallett

1st Lt. Donald W. Christians

1st Lt. William McDaniels

T/Sgt. Harry R. Rogers

1st Lt. Clair J. Bardsley

1st Lt. Lee G. Smith

2nd Lt. James H. Morrison

1st Lt. Karl M. Booth Jr

1st Lt. Madison E. Gillespey

2nd Lt. Clarence E. Cook

F/O James L. Wilson

F/O Henry R. Willis

1st Lt. Samuel Dunaway

They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

Laurence Binyon

Photo Joe

Now, Photo Joe is an altitude fiend.

He flies way up high where he cant be seen.

He flies at thirty thousand in his P-three-eight,

Getting drunk on oxygen at a rapid rate.

He tells all the bombers of every hot spot.

He flies over places where the fighters will not.

The bombers have top-cover and the fighters have a gun,

But all Photo Joe can ever do is run.

Theres a little more to this sad, sad story:

The bombers do the work and the fighters get the glory.

And heres another thing that you ought to know

There arent any medals for a Photo Joe!

Anon

The time served by Allied servicemen and women during the Second World War was often traumatic. Memories tend to differ and apparently none more so than those concerning operations flown deep behind enemy lines. The written accounts that do exist of such missions tend to vary in their detail and timing, and locations and chronologies can prove contradictory. That being said, I have done my best to provide a proper sense of place, timescale and narrative to the story as depicted in these pages.

Where various accounts of a mission appear to be somewhat confused, the methodology I have used to determine when and how events took place is the most likely scenario. If two or more testimonies or sources point to a particular time or place or sequence of events, I have opted to use that version as most likely. Where necessary I have very occasionally re-created small sections of dialogue to aid the storys flow.

The above notwithstanding, any mistakes herein are entirely of my own making, and I would be happy to correct them in future editions. Likewise, while I have endeavoured to locate the copyright holders of the photos, sketches and other images and material used in this book, this has not always been straight-forward or easy. Again, I would be happy to correct any errors in future editions.

Of particular use during the writing of this book were the 5th Air Force, 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadrons own accounts of the war years. These include the Flight Reports, Intelligence Reports and other official squadron records held at Maxwell Air Force Base, in Alabama, USA. The 26th being a photo reconnaissance squadron, the photo archive held at Maxwell AFB also proved particularly useful. So too did the 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadrons own war diary, entitled simply Squadron HistoryTwenty-Sixth Photographic Squadron (L). Likewise, the squadrons more informal photographic and written legend of the war years, entitled 26th Photo, and published by 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, proved hugely insightful.

In researching this book I was able to speak to and receive assistance from a number of individuals, who were especially generous with their time. My special thanks and gratitude are extended to all, and my apologies to those that I have inadvertently forgotten to mention.

In no particular order I wish to thank the following, who assisted in many ways: research, proofreading, recollections and subject matter expertise. Author Taylor Dowling was kind enough to alert me to the existence of his superlative account of the British reconnaissance pilots of the Second World War, when we shared a platform at an Imperial War Museum Duxford event, and to discuss same.

Sim Smiley, for your expertise and inspiration, gleaned from the various archives in the USA. Simon Fowler, for your expertise and inspiration, gleaned from the various archives in the UK. Paul and Anne Sherratt, for your perceptive comments and guidance.

The staff at several archives and museums also deserve special mention, including those at the British National Archives, in Kew, London; and those at the Maxwell Air Force Base archives, Alabama, USA. I would like to make particular mention of Tammy Horton, archivist at Maxwell AFB, for your diligent help and assistance.

Id like to thank in particular nonagenarian Rouse Voisey, a survivor of the the Second World War years in the southwest Pacific theatre, who was captured by the Japanese and survived many months of hellish forced labour, not to mention journeys on the so-called hell ships, shipwrecks and the Sumatra hell railway. Thank you, again, Rouse, for sharing with me your extraordinary memories and recollections of your time serving in this theatre of war, over seventy years ago.

My gratitude also to my literary agent, Gordon Wise, and film and TV agent, Luke Speed, both of Curtis Brown, for helping bring this project to fruition, and to all at my publishers Quercus, including, but not limited to, Jon Butler, Charlotte Fry, Ben Brock and Hannah Robinson. My editor, Richard Milner, deserves very special mention, as does Josh Ireland: your unstinting enthusiasm for this story is, I hope, rewarded in these pages.

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