Sheila the Dog

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media-41824.jpeg UPL 41824 Sheila with shepherd John Dagg (PDSA photo), see: https://northeastatwar.co.uk/2019/02/02/b17-44-6504-the-cheviot/

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Object Number - UPL 41824 - Sheila with shepherd John Dagg (PDSA photo), see: https://northeastatwar.co.uk/2019/02/02/b17-44-6504-the-cheviot/

Sheila was awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for locating four members of the crew of B-17 44-6504 after it crashed.



On 16 December 1944, returning to Molesworth from a recalled combat mission, 360th BS B-17G 44-6504 (no name), with members of the 2Lt George A. Kyle Crew, crashed into the side of the 2,600 foot West Hill of the Cheviot Mountains near Alnwick, England. Two crewmen were killed: F/O Fred Holcombe (Navigator) and Sgt Frank R. Turner, Jr. (Togglier). Surviving injured and dazed crewmen were discovered by a Border Collie sheepdog, named Sheila who then summoned and guided her owner, Shepherd John Dagg and his neighbor Frank Moscrop, to the crash site where the crewmen were rescued. The shepherds were awarded the British Empire Medal and Dagg's Dog Sheila received the animal V.C. (Dickin Medal). The bereaved mother of Togglier Sgt. Frank R. Turner wrote a thank you letter to John Dagg stating that she would like to purchase a pup from Sheila if she ever had a litter. A few months later Sheila obliged and the first of the new pups was dispatched by the R.A.F. to Columbia, S.C. as a gift to Mrs. Turner. The pup called Tibbie lived for eleven years and was adopted as the town pet of Columbia.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14116557
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42085989
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33572214
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

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