Use of pigeons in Syria and Palestine, 1944

Pigeons in Rome by D. Truong

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK

Catalog numbers:  WO169/16699  #40, #41

Mediterranean Pigeon Service reorganization, 1943

Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK

Catalog numbers:  WO169/16699  #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25

 

 

 

 

Pigeons trained to deliver messages from Cyprus to caiques by the Middle Eastern Pigeon Service, July 1943

 

Pigeons in Rome  by D. Truong

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK

Catalog numbers:  WO169/11222  #68, #69, #70

1944 report on use of pigeons to deliver messages in Sicily and Italy

The British Army in Italy 1945

Commando Signallers prepare to release a carrier pigeon, Lake Comacchio area, April 4, 1945

  

Imperial War Museum Collection; originally from War Office Second     World War Official Collection

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK

Catalog numbers:  WO169/16699  #31, #32