Duke of Normandy (pigeon)

Duke of Normandy (pigeon number NURP.41.SBC.219) 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] Duke of Normandy was the first bird to arrive back with a message from the paratroops of 21st Army Group on D-Day (6 June 1944) after the capture of a gun battery at Merville.^[2]

References

^ "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
^ "Para Pigeons | ParaData". www.paradata.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-20.

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