Gestapo drop agents disguised as Allied parachutists

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Catalog numbers WO208/3562 #06, WO208/3564 #35, #36, #37,  #38 

The intelligence about the Gestapo dropping agents disguised as Allied parachutists came in a message delivered by pigeon number 21670 from France on August 13, 1943.  The writer of this message also included intelligence on poison gas, munitions depots, troop movements, a radio listening in and guiding post for nightfighters, and comments about the content of BBC broadcasts.  The writer risked his life to send the message.  Under the German occupation, sending a message with a pigeon was a crime punishable by death.  You may need to scroll left right to read the message.