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]
mercury, pigeon, mercury, pigeon, received, dickin, medal, 1946, from, people, dispensary, sick, animals, bravery, service, during, second, world, mercury, served, with, national, pigeon, service, special, section, received, award, delivering, secret, messages. 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 EditList of individual birdsReferences Edit 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 External links EditPDSA Dickin Medal This bird related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mercury pigeon amp oldid 1120068241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
