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Ruhr Express (pigeon NURP.43.29018) was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in May 1945 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.

Bred and trained at RAF Detling, Ruhr Express was selected from amongst the RAF pigeons to accompany US paratroopers in a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines into the Ruhr Valley in April 1945. The mission collected detailed information on enemy troops and defensive positions before dispatching Ruhr Express to return with the intelligence report.

See also

• List of individual birds

References

1. ^ "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
2. Hawthorne, Peter. (2012). The animal Victoria Cross. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 9781781590423. OCLC 806201117.

External links

• PDSA Dickin Medal

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