Saturday, January 28, 2017

Problems faced by pigeons who flew as part of the D-Day invasion



Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

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Catalog numbers:  AIR2/5041  #60, #61, #62, #63, #64, #65, #66, #67, #68, #69, #70








Saturday, January 14, 2017

Middle East Pigeon Service War Diary September 1943




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Catalog numbers:  WO169/11222  #088, #089




Tuesday, January 10, 2017

RAF parachutis' method for landing with pigeons, 1942


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Catalog numbers:  AIR23/1003  #00008, #00009, #00011




Tuesday, January 3, 2017

D-Day pigeons flying abilities hampered by too many days in containers




Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong



(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK
Catalog numbers:  AIR2/5041  #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17