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Sheila: the collie who found airmen in the Cheviot Hills blizzard

1944-12-16 Cheviot Hills, United Kingdom
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Sheila, a collie sheepdog, helped locate four U.S. airmen after a B-17 crashed in the Cheviot Hills during a blizzard in 1944.

Cheviot Hills, United Kingdom

PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating the award; this is not a photograph of the dog. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating the award; this is not a photograph of the dog. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

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Sheila helped locate four airmen after a B-17 crash in a blizzard.

Her story records civilian animal rescue work in wartime conditions.

Sheila is archived because local working animals can become life-saving rescuers.

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