Mercury (pigeon) explained

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 480miles flight from Northern Denmark in 1942.^[2]

See also

• List of individual birds
• Mercury the pigeon Valiant (film), 2005

External links

• PDSA Dickin Medal

Notes and References

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. Web site: The Dickin Medal. Forces War Records. 12 April 2016.