PIGEONS PLAY THEIR PART IN BATTLE OF ATLANTIC - Pigeons, many of them famous racers in peacetime, now play an important part with the in the battle of the Atlantic. Every Coastal command station has its pigeon-loft with an airman in charge who is a pigeon breeder and fancier, and the pigeons are carried by all Coastal command aircraft. Many pigeons have already been responsible for saving the lives of air crews either in trouble or forced down in the sea while operating far out over the Atlantic. [Picture issued 1942] On the Wing - a flock of pigeons from a Coastal Command loft o
PIGEONS PLAY THEIR PART IN BATTLE OF ATLANTIC - Pigeons, many of them famous racers in peacetime, now play an important part with the in the battle of the Atlantic. Every Coastal command station has its pigeon-loft with an airman in charge who is a pigeon breeder and fancier, and the pigeons are carried by all Coastal command aircraft. Many pigeons have already been responsible for saving the lives of air crews either in trouble or forced down in the sea while operating far out over the Atlantic. [Picture issued 1942] On the Wing - a flock of pigeons from a Coastal Command loft on a practice flight, Royal Air Force
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