PIGEONS IN WAR
USED BY AIRMEN ’ The King’s famous racing pigeon loft at Sandringham has provided the first pigeons for active service in the war. Bombers and reconnaissance planes carry the /Royal pigeons. When a . plane sights a submarine, the pilot refrains from sending a wireless message and, instead, releases a pigeon with the news. A pigeon likewise is used when a plane is fored down in desolate parts to inform the aerodrome of the whereabouts of the damaged plane. Two hundred thousand pigeons, belonging to 10,000 fanciers—each of Whom receives a grant of £5 —are in the national service. An additional 400,000 pigeons are needed.
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Patea Mail, 13 November 1939, Page 2
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106PIGEONS IN WAR Patea Mail, 13 November 1939, Page 2
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