New Zealand Pigeon Service

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Request for pigeon loft and pigeons for detachment signed by Eisenhower, 1943

 

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WO204/3930  #2, #3, #5, #6

May 12 communication below

Requisition for 5,000 pigeons, 1943

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Catalog number WO204/3930  #2

Belgian pigeons to be used for communication between Berlin and Brussels, May 1945

 

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Catalog numbers WO171/6004 #90, #91, #92, #93, #94

The May 1-31 1945 War Diary for the 3 Field Force Pigeon Service makes note of these developments:

the order for confinement of civilian pigeons in Belgium is lifted;

the end of the war in Europe is announced;

inspections of German Army pigeon lofts take place;

Belgian pigeons will be trained for use between Berlin and Brussels.

3 Field Force Section R Pigeon Service War Diary Mar-Apr 1945

 

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Catalog numbers WO171/6004 #40, #41, #42, #68,  #69

737 pigeons on duty at 3 field force loft, February 1945

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WO171/6004  #22, 23, 24, 25

Excerpts from war diary for 3 Field Force pigeon service, January 1945

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Catalog numbers #01, #04, #05, #06, #07