Scotch Lass

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Scotch Lass was a carrier 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.[1] She accompanied a British agent on a mission into The Netherlands.[2] Immediately after she was released, and still in view of the agent that had released her, she hit telegraph wires. However, she carried on and delivered her message and photographs.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. ^ Harlow, Joan Hiatt (2003). Shadows on the Sea. New York, NY, US: Margaret K. McElderry Books. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-689-84926-8.
  3. ^ Cleaver, Hylton (June 1951). "They've earned their corn". Men Only: 101.

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