Winkie (pigeon)

Winkie was a pigeon who won the Dickin Medal in 1943 for assisting in the rescue of an aircrew forced to ditch in the North Sea during the Second World War.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Animal war heroes statue unveiled". BBC News. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. ^ Herbert, Ian (23 March 2005). "The hero of the latest British war movie is a pigeon called Valiant. A flight of fancy? No, it's based on real life". The Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2010.