Skeleton of WWII carrier pigeon found.

[Mickey Finn 2,767]

LONDON – Experts say the skeletal remains of a pigeon discovered in the chimney of a house in southern England carried a mysterious, long-forgotten message from World War II.

Historians at Britain's Second World War-era code breaking headquarters say the bird was almost certainly returning from Nazi-occupied France during the June 1944 D-Day invasion.

Bletchley Park says that a radio blackout imposed on Allied forces at the time meant that messages about the progress of the invasion were dispatched by pigeon across the Channel.

What the message says remains unknown. It was coded, an unusual measure generally reserved for the most sensitive secrets.

Bletchley Park said Thursday that one of its curators is now trying to unravel the message using World War II logbooks.

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http://www.foxnews.c.../#ixzz2B7dt1Ifk

 

Well, you never know what you'll find when you start tearing into something old. I wonder if it flew over my father as he was going ashore.

 

ATB

Edited November 3, 2012 by Mickey Finn

[paulus 26]

probably says, 2 chicken curry`s, a beef in black bean sauce, egg fried rice and chips

[scothunter 12,609]

Hey some respect here. Your a mod lol

[paulus 26]

Hey some respect here. Your a mod lol

im sorry my upmost repect to a dead pigeon, that died in a chimney before it delivered a message that may or may have not been of some imprortance, pigeons were used in wars througout our history , so how someone can say its from the d day landings before the message has been decoded is a strange one.

[coonboy 160]

Has anyone seen the documentry about these ww carrier pigions and the gauntletes they had to run they had to pass germans armed with peregrin falcons on ther long journys home they have a uniuqe way of dipping at the last miniute making the perigrins speed usless making him overshoot his dive can't remember the name of the doc but it was a belter deffos worth a watch u shuld watch it paulas lol

[scothunter 12,609]

He's a pigeon hater , he won't watch it lol

They prob know its a war doo cause, it probally had some serial number on the capsule. It's just another wee piece of history from the war.

[paulus 26]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dexQhvczVeM

[gnasher16 29,835]

Has anyone seen the documentry about these ww carrier pigions and the gauntletes they had to run they had to pass germans armed with peregrin falcons on ther long journys home they have a uniuqe way of dipping at the last miniute making the perigrins speed usless making him overshoot his dive can't remember the name of the doc but it was a belter deffos worth a watch u shuld watch it paulas lol

 

Any idea how i could go about watching that mate ? if you could click your mind into gear and think what it was called id be much appreciative sounds a good watch

[paulus 26]

21 amazing facts about the pigeon

 

http://www.deterapigeon.com/21-amazing-facts-about-pigeons.htm

[coonboy 160]

Has anyone seen the documentry about these ww carrier pigions and the gauntletes they had to run they had to pass germans armed with peregrin falcons on ther long journys home they have a uniuqe way of dipping at the last miniute making the perigrins speed usless making him overshoot his dive can't remember the name of the doc but it was a belter deffos worth a watch u shuld watch it paulas lol

 

Any idea how i could go about watching that mate ? if you could click your mind into gear and think what it was called id be much appreciative sounds a good watch

ther ya go gnash

[coonboy 160]

Has anyone seen the documentry about these ww carrier pigions and the gauntletes they had to run they had to pass germans armed with peregrin falcons on ther long journys home they have a uniuqe way of dipping at the last miniute making the perigrins speed usless making him overshoot his dive can't remember the name of the doc but it was a belter deffos worth a watch u shuld watch it paulas lol

 

Any idea how i could go about watching that mate ? if you could click your mind into gear and think what it was called id be much appreciative sounds a good watch

ther ya go gnash http://youtu.be/sZfjbfe5SXM

serious documetry this well worth a watch

[scothunter 12,609]

Cheers ill enjoy watching that later.,

[toby63 1,236]

it was probably flying upside down cause theres nowt worth sh*tting on

[coonboy 160]

bump for gnash

[gnasher16 29,835]

Thanks very much Coonboy i,ll give that a look good man