In 1945, The Associated Press reported that Allied forces during World War II had been on the lookout for 'suspicious pigeons' that were carrying special messages. These pigeons had been deployed by Nazis. Falcons were sent out to intercept and kill t...
, where an official caption could be found. It read as follows:"A German Wehrmacht soldier carries a cage of carrier pigeons used for relaying messages on the western front during the German invasion of France, known as the Battle of France, in World War II, circa May 1940."
According to the article,"many important German messages were taken off Nazi pigeons 'shot down' by a specially trained flock of falcons attached to the RAF , which also maintained a large pigeon 'air force' of its own throughout the war." We took specific note of two words in the article:"suspicious pigeons."
A veteran air force pigeon, named"White Vision" because of his color, was instrumental in saving 10 lives last October when a Catalina flying boat was forced down off the Shetland islands. A hastily scribbled message was attached to"White Vision's" leg and it flew 60 miles through a rainstorm to bring news of where the flying boat went down. The crew was rescued the next morning.
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