What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Commando : N.U.R.P.38EGU.242 Distinguished winner of the PDSA Dickin Medal for successfully delivering messages from agents in occupied France under exceptional adverse conditions while serving with the NPS in 1942. Recorded plaque organisation: Haywards Heath Town Council.
Commando was a distinguished messenger pigeon that received the PDSA Dickin Medal for successfully delivering critical messages from agents in occupied France to England during World War II, demonstrating remarkable resilience and courage under extreme conditions.
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