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The Fearless Flying Columba Livia Domestica
FromPlane Tales
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Oct 11, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The life of a pigeon can be a little mundane unless you are drafted into the Royal Air Force and find yourself on bombing missions, accompanying submarine hunters or parachuting into enemy territory with spies! This is the story of the humble homing pigeon, drafted into service!
Photographs displayed under Creative Commons licence, with thanks to UK Gov, the German Federal Archive and the Imperial War Museum.
Photographs displayed under Creative Commons licence, with thanks to UK Gov, the German Federal Archive and the Imperial War Museum.
Released:
Oct 11, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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