Mercury (pigeon)

Mercury was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1946 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War. It served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section), and the award was conferred to it for its work carrying out a special task to deliver secret messages involving a 480-mile (770 km) flight from Northern Denmark in 1942.