Notes on the Tactical Use of Pigeons in the Desert of California and Arizona

 

This document is used by permission of the Holt-Atherton Special Collections Department, University of the Pacific Library, Stockton, California.

 

Thank you to Nicole Mountjoy for scanning these papers from the Gordon H. Hayes Collection.  Hayes is the author of The Pigeons That Went To War.  He served as a pigeoneer in North Africa and Italy.

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Pigeon Messages: “…the Germans prosecute and murder as much as they can.”

 

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WO208/3555  #123, #126, #127, #129, #131, #132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A History of the 280th Signal Pigeon Company-All chapters

Excerpt from Chapter VII:

“The pigeons carrying messages were released at various altitudes and all birds made excellent time from the aircraft to the loft.”

     This document is used by permission of the Holt-Atherton Special Collections Department, University of the Pacific Library, Stockton, California

 

     Thank you to Nicole Mountjoy for scanning these papers from the Gordon H. Hayes Collection.  Hayes served as a pigeoneer in North Africa and Italy.  He is the author of The Pigeons That Went To War.