Pigeons in Iraq, April 1943

Pigeon in Rome

Photo by Dora Truong

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

Catalog numbers:  AIR23/998  #40, #41, #42, #43, #44

Report on Visit to Western Desert, March 1943

 

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

Catalog numbers:  AIR23/998  #01, #36, #37

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The British Army in North Africa, January 27, 1943

General Montgomery stands beside a Grant command tank near Tripoli, January 27 1943.

Photo by Captain Poston, No. 1 Army Film and Photographic Unit.  Imperial War Museum © IWM (E 21701)

Brave Pigeons, Humble Pigeons, Fast Pigeons, and Pigeons Who Flew from the Normandy Beaches: The Meritorious Performance List

Photos and the Meritorious Performance List from Major W. H. Osman’s book Pigeons in World War II published in 1950 by The Racing Pigeon Publishing Co. Ltd. courtesy of The Racing Pigeon Co Ltd. www.racingpigeon.co.uk.

Pigeons in Africa, May 1943

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

Catalog numbers:  AIR23/6546  #02, #10, #11, #12, #14, #15, #17, #21, #22, #23
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RAF Operations in the Middle East and Africa, 1940-43

Camels at work with their drivers during levelling operations on the airfield at Khormaksar, Aden. Note the red warning flags attached to the camels' yokes to alert aircraft in the area.  Photo by RAF Khormaksar.  Imperial War Museum  © IWM (CM 5378)

Kenya Supplies Bacon for Middle East Troops, C. 8 October 1942

The expanding Uplands Bacon Factory in Kenya can now handle 500 pigs weekly. Half of its total bacon produce is packed in wooden cases and dried salt, to save refrigeration space, and exported to the Army in the Middle East. Both dry and tank methods of curing are employed and the factory specialises in Wiltshire Cured Bacons and Hams. Sausages and tinned produces are made in large quantities. The factory suplies Tanganyika Territory, Uganda, Congo, Seychelles and Zanzibar, and, after the war, intends to export full Wiltshire sides of green (unsmoked) bacon to the English market. Picture shows:- Sausage making machine.  Imperial War Museum  © IWM (K 3198)