Reorganization of Middle East Pigeon Service after victory at El Alamein, 1942

Mersah Matruh is Captured, November 11, 1942

Original wartime caption: A large German seaplane found wrecked in Mersa Matruh harbour, with sunken ships in the harbour behind.  Photo taken by No. 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Imperial War Museum © IWM E 19336

Picture of Fighting around El Alamein, 1942

Original wartime caption: Italian dead, burnt black by the desert sun, are here seen after the recent fighting South of El Alamein.  Photo taken by No. 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit.  Imperial War Museum © IWM E 14630

To see more photos from the Imperial War Museum, please visit iwm.org

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, Kew, UK

Catalog numbers:  AIR23/997  #11, #14, #18

Pigeons deliver 884 messages in first year of Middle East Pigeon Service, 1943; Bletchley Park short film

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, Kew, UK

Catalog numbers:  AIR23/998  #146, #147, #148, #149, #150

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The Hidden Film Watch our latest documentary on YouTube to discover the story behind a silent film recently donated to the Bletchley Park Trust. The footage shows members of MI6 Section VIII at Whaddon Hall in Buckinghamshire and is believed to be the only known wartime footage of any site linked to wartime Bletchley Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNdPmBqMh_Y