Mercury was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1946 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.[1]
Mercury served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section). It received the award for delivering secret messages involving a 480-mile (770 km) flight from Northern Denmark in 1942.[2]
See also
- List of individual birds
- Mercury the pigeon Valiant (film), 2005
References
- ↑ "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ "The Dickin Medal". Forces War Records. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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