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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