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LIBERATION OF EUROPE : PIGEON BRINGS FIRST INVASION NEWS. (CH 13321) PIGEON BRINGS FIRST INVASION NEWS
Gustave, an RAF Coastal Command carrier pigeon, brought the first War Correspondent’s despatch back to England from the Allied Incasion forces off the enemy coast, and the bird was released at 8:30 in the morning. Flying against a 50 miles an hour head wind, the pigeon landed in its loft on a south coast Coastal Command Station at 1:46 in the afternoon. The messag… Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205357374