Wellington XIV, equipped with 'leigh light', a rephlector for U-boat detection. 

Division 304 'Ziemi Śląskiej'

Wellington 1C in new colours of Coastal Command, 1942.

Private Wojtek, the Polish Soldier Bear, of 22nd Polish Artillery Transport Company, enjoys a beer in Berwickshire, Scotland, prior to his Company's demobilisation (c. 1946).  Wojtek (through his comrades) refused repatriation to Communist-ruled Poland in favour of taking up residence at Edinburgh Zoo, where he died, of old age, in 1963.  

While with the Polish forces, like many soldiers, he developed a liking for  beer and cigarettes (he did not usually smoke cigarettes - he liked to eat partly smoked ones).  Oh well, even heroes have their bad habits; Napoleon's tobacco snuff habit was probably what killed him ... Best regards, JR.