Cologne (pigeon)

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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] He 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] Cologne's 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. ↑ "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. ↑ NURP = National Union of Racing Pigeons
  3. ↑ "The hero of the latest British war movie is a pigeon called Valiant. A". The Independent. 2005-03-23. Retrieved 2023-08-10.


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