Pigeon Messengers.
Several hundred homing pigeons are being trained in Britain as messengers for the United States Army on the various Allied war fronts. The birds are being taught to fly in the dark and to make two-way flights. An R.A.F. record shows that of 320 messages sent from aircraft by its pigeons, 307 were delivered.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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56Pigeon Messengers. Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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