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Sheep Dog Soft Toy (Animal Heroes)

8 inch plush sheep dog soft toy inspired by Animal Hero - Sheila the Sheep Dog

On 16 December 1944, a B-17 Flying Fortress from the U.S. Eighth Air Force carrying a full payload of bombs, crashed into the Cheviot Hills. Two local shepherds, headed up the mountainside with their sheepdog Sheila to investigate. The ongoing blizzard reduced the visibility on the mountainside and the duo had to rely on Sheila to track down the aircraft.

She tracked four of the airmen who were in a nearby crevice to escape the weather, and took the shepherds to their location. Together they led the airmen back down to their cottage, arriving as the bombs on the B-17 detonated. Because of their actions, Lt George Kyle, Sgt Howard Delaney, Sgt George Smith and Sgt Joel Berly survived the crash.