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Dutch Coast Dutch Coast, also known as NURP.41. A.2164, was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1945 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Dickin medal pigeons )〕 ==Military service== Dutch Coast was bred and owned by Mr J Flower of Radcliffe-on-Trent, and was a red cock of the Osman strain of racing pigeons. After being donated into military service, the bird was placed on a bomber so as to relay an S.O.S. message if the plane was shot down.〔 It was given the military designation NURP.41.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rpra.org/pigeon-history/pigeons-in-war/ )〕 A.2164. In April 1942, the bomber on which it was on board was ditched in the water near the Dutch coast.〔Long (2012): p. 112〕 The bird was the only one on-board and was retrieved by the crew who released it from the dinghy at 6:20am.〔 It travelled some 288 miles in 7 and a half hours under poor conditions, back to RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire.〔 For this action, it was awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945,〔 described as the animal's Victoria Cross.
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