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Bing: the parachute dog of Normandy

1944-06-06 Normandy, France / Rhine operations area
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Bing, originally Brian, was an Alsatian-Collie cross who parachuted into Normandy with the 13th Parachute Battalion and later received the Dickin Medal.

Normandy, France / Rhine operations area

PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating the award; this is not a photograph of the animal. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating the award; this is not a photograph of the animal. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

Story

Bing parachuted into Normandy with British airborne troops and later served in Rhine operations.

The archive records both his military role and the wartime circumstances that took him from his family.

Bing is archived because animals were trained into the technologies and risks of airborne warfare.

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