PIGEON COMMANDOS
HARD TRAINING COURSE FLYING IN BLACKOUT Several hundred pigeons now being trained as carriers of messages for the United States Forces are undergoing a strenuous .commando course. To get them accustomed to the blackout, the birds which normally roost at night, are sent out in the darkness to make two-way flights. They are also trained to return to roosts mounted on trailers, which sometimes remain only a few days at one station. To got them ready for battle conditions, aeroplanes are used to div© at them and they fly amid exploding firecrackers. They are given medical attention and, like the troops, they get leave. In the Royal Air Force there are instances on record in this war of these couriers flying through battles to deliver messages, despite a bullet wound in the breast or the loss of a leg.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3265, 19 May 1943, Page 6
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141PIGEON COMMANDOS Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3265, 19 May 1943, Page 6
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