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“One of the more unusual (but still fascinating) exhibitions at Bletchley Park is all about the role pigeons have played in the First and Second World Wars. Aircrews used them as rudimentary black boxes, writing their coordinates on a message and releasing the pigeon if they had to ditch or crash land.

There was also a cull of birds-of-prey all along the south coast during World War Two to ensure the pigeons could get back safely.” https://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/method-of-wrapping-carrier-pigeons/

Method of Wrapping Pigeons for dropping from Aircraft | The National Archives

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Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber carrying two pigeon boxes. This is photograph TR 193 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, Link https://aviationoiloutlet.com/blog/pigeons-of-war/

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