Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Plan to set up pigeon service in Greece, April 1944





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Catalog numbers:  WO169/16699    #50, #51, #52, #53, #54





Saturday, December 24, 2016

Middle East Pigeon Service reports on pigeons Mar.-Apr. 1944--establishment of 12-way link; 1500 pigeons sent to A.A.I.




Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

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Catalog numbers:  WO169/16699  #40, #41, #43, #44








Sunday, December 18, 2016

Report on pigeons in Syria and Palestine, Nov. 1943





Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

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Catalog numbers:  WO169/11222  #114, #115




Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Captured Italian pigeon lofts to be used for communication by the Allies, 1943




Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

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Catalog number:  WO169/11222  #113

This is a page from the 1943 War Diary for the Middle Eastern Pigeon Service.






Thursday, December 8, 2016

Reorganisation of Middle East Pigeon Service July 1943---descriptions of loft capabilities




Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

 
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Catalog numbers:  WO169/11222  #71, #72, #73, #74, #75





Sunday, December 4, 2016

Arrrival of 1100 pigeons at Middle Eastern Pigeon Service Headquarters May 1943




Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong



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Catalog number:  WO169/11222  #44