Paddy (Pigeon number NPS.43.9451)[1] was an Irishcarrier pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal after being the fastest pigeon to arrive back in England with news of the success of the D-Day invasion, out of hundreds dispatched. He flew 230 miles (370 km) across the English Channel in four hours and fifty minutes,[2] the fastest recorded crossing, and was awarded the medal on 1 September 1944, just under three months after the crossing.[3] Paddy was trained by Andrew Hughes of Carnlough and is the only animal in Ireland to be awarded this medal.[4]
Memorial in Carnlough, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
The medal citation reads,
"For the best recorded time with a message from the Normandy Operations, while serving with the RAF in June, 1944."
His medal was sold at auction for almost £7,000 in September 1999.[5]
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