Kenley Lass (NURP.36.JH.190)
Biography
This pigeon was the first who was used in a secret operation. He brought a message from a secret agent, to the French Resistance to pick the agent up from his mission.
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Dickin Medal
Awarded on: March 1945
Action:
Citation:
“For being the first pigeon to be used with success for secret communications from an Agent in enemy-occupied France while serving with the NPS in October 1940.”
Action:
Citation:
“For being the first pigeon to be used with success for secret communications from an Agent in enemy-occupied France while serving with the NPS in October 1940.”
Sources
- - PDSA
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