File:Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193.jpg

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English: IWM caption : Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the event of a crash, ditching or radio failure.
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This photograph TR 193 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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