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

 

 

 

 

 

Middle East Pigeon Service War Diary September 1943

 

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Catalog numbers:  WO169/11222  #088, #089

RAF parachutis' method for landing with pigeons, 1942

 

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

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

Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

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Catalog numbers:  AIR2/5041  #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17