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Remains Of Pigeon Found Carrying WWII Message
2012-11-04
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.
Posted by:Sherry

#4  Stop that Pigeon, stop that Pigeon, stop that Pigeon NOW!

Oh wait ... ZOOOMG, THEY DID FINALLY STOP HIM!

Personally I'm blaming Dudley DoRight.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-11-04 19:43  

#3  It reads:

DRINK MORE OVALTINE


Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2012-11-04 14:48  

#2  One of the interesting factoids about WWII is that carrier pidgeons were amazingly reliable form of communication.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2012-11-04 13:07  

#1  I told them at the time #19 wasn't well enough to fly!
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-11-04 12:38  

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