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Catalog numbers WO208/3562 #06, WO208/3564 #35, #36, #37, #38
The intelligence about the Gestapo dropping agents disguised
as Allied parachutists came in a message delivered by pigeon number 21670 from
France on August 13, 1943. The writer of
this message also included intelligence on poison gas, munitions depots, troop
movements, a radio listening in and guiding post for nightfighters, and
comments about the content of BBC broadcasts.
The writer risked his life to send the message. Under the German occupation, sending a
message with a pigeon was a crime punishable by death. You may need to scroll left right to read the message.
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