Cologne (pigeon) explained

Cologne was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1947 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.[1]

Cologne served with the National Pigeon Service as Pigeon NURP[2] 39.NPS 144 and carried out over 100 missions with Bomber Command and had previously homed successfully from several downed aircraft before the incident which earned the Dickin Medal.[3]

His citation read –“For homing from a crashed aircraft over Cologne although seriously wounded, whilst serving with the RAF in 1943”.

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  1. Web site: Dickin medal pigeons . PDSA . 22 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100213211708/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons . 13 February 2010 .
  2. NURP = National Union of Racing Pigeons
  3. Web site: 2005-03-23 . The hero of the latest British war movie is a pigeon called Valiant. A . 2023-08-10 . The Independent . en.