I got curious about Jeep, the (somewhat famous) WW2 mascot coyote and have found at least seven other mascot coyotes, because it was apparently de rigueur for US and Canadian airmen to accessorize with a coyote. Perhaps I will write this up at some point.
However more importantly I have also found the greatest headline of all time???
(From the August 17th, 1941 Quad-City Times)