"Prop Wash," a 3-month-old cocker spaniel mascot of Capt. Robert Hinckley, Jr., of 2650 Jefferson Ave. in Ogden, waits for his master on a load of bombs before leaving for a mission from a Liberator bomber base in England, May 5, 1944. The puppy is equipped with his own goggles parachute, and Oxygen mask. (AP Photo)/The Salt Lake Tribune'' Robert Hinckley (1917-2005) was a Stanford University graduate who attended the US Military Academy. He was awarded the DFC for his service with the 8AAF (unit not referred to in his obituary in the 'Deseret News' 27.10.205). Post-war he was a highly successful businessman in the motor industry, as his father had also been.