War Pigeons

Author : Elizabeth G. Macalaster
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476680804

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War Pigeons by Elizabeth G. Macalaster Pdf

For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. Sometimes they arrived nearly dead from wounds or exhaustion, refusing to give up until they reached their objective. This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War to the birds' invaluable role in communications in every branch of the U.S. military through both World Wars and beyond. Personal narratives, primary sources and news articles tell the story of the pigeons' recruitment and training in the U.S., their deployment abroad and use on the home front.

Author : Alfred Henry Osman
Publisher : London : The "Racing Pigeons" publishing Company, Limited
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Homing pigeons
ISBN : UOM:39015036846247

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Pigeons in the Great War by Alfred Henry Osman Pdf

Søgeord: 1. Verdenskrig; Brevduer; Brevduetjeneste; Storbritannien.

Author : Gordon H. Hayes
Publisher : Edc Pub
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0960588019

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The Pigeons that Went to War by Gordon H. Hayes Pdf

Author : Hugh S Gladstone
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1016197861

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Birds and the War by Hugh S Gladstone Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Edward Birkhimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Homing pigeons
ISBN : WISC:89050709526

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Memoir on the Use of Homing Pigeons for Military Purposes by William Edward Birkhimer Pdf

Author : Tracey Turner
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781447259909

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How Can a Pigeon Be a War Hero? And Other Very Important Questions and Answers About the First World War by Tracey Turner Pdf

Why did the First World War start? Who was fighting who? Did soldiers still fight with swords? Had aeroplanes been invented yet? What was it like to be inside the first tank sent to war? How could a shaving brush help you escape being captured? Did animals fight in the war? How can a pigeon be a war hero? What was the Women's Land Army? Why did it go on so long? How did it end? Find out the answers to these and lots of other exciting questions in How Can a Pigeon Be a War Hero? And Other Very Important Questions and Answers About the First World War. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, Tracey Turner's brilliantly informative book will tell you everything you ever needed to know about World War I.

Author : Hugh Gladstone
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1546436502

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Birds and the War by Hugh Gladstone Pdf

This special re-print edition of Hugh Gladstone's book "Birds in the War" provides information on the role that birds of many types played during World War One, from the tremendous destruction that the war had on wild bird populations, up to the heroics of Homing Pigeons who's service as winged messengers saved thousands of lives. Written in 1919, just as the First World War came to a close, chapters include Birds as Messengers, Birds as Crop Protectors, Birds As Food, Bird Eggs As Food, The Effect of the War on Birds in Captivity, The Destruction of Birds At Sea, The Effects of Air Raids and Aircraft on Birds, The Behaviour of Birds in the War Zone, Effect of the War on Birds and more. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MINN:31951P01107675A

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Navy & Army Illustrated by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alan Hlad
Publisher : A John Scognamiglio Book
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496721693

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The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad Pdf

A USA Today Bestseller Inspired by fascinating, true, yet little-known events during World War II, The Long Flight Home is a testament to the power of courage in our darkest hours—a moving, masterfully written story of love and sacrifice. It is September 1940—a year into the war—and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan—loyal, intelligent, beautiful—but none more so than Duchess. Hatched from an egg that Susan incubated in a bowl under her grandfather’s desk lamp, Duchess shares a special bond with Susan and an unusual curiosity about the human world. Thousands of miles away in Buxton, Maine, young crop-duster pilot Ollie Evans decides to join Britain’s Royal Air Force. His quest brings him to Epping and the National Pigeon Service, where Susan is involved in a new, covert mission to air-drop hundreds of homing pigeons in German-occupied France. Many will not survive. Those that do will bring home crucial information. Soon a friendship between Ollie and Susan deepens, but when his plane is downed behind enemy lines, both know how remote the chances of reunion must be. Yet Duchess will become an unexpected lifeline, relaying messages between Susan and Ollie as war rages on—and proving, at last, that hope is never truly lost. “Hlad adeptly drives home the devastating civilian cost of the war.” —Booklist

Author : Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547116073

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Gay-Neck, The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Gay-Neck, The Story of a Pigeon" by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Command and control systems
ISBN : CORNELL:31924014519890

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Signal Pigeon Company by United States. War Department Pdf

Author : Stephanie Graves
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496731579

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Olive Bright, Pigeoneer by Stephanie Graves Pdf

“A marvelous read.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author Set in a charming British village during World War II, Stephanie Graves’ debut mystery introduces Olive Bright, a spirited young pigeon fancier who finds herself at the heart of a baffling murder . . . Though war rages across mainland Europe and London is strafed by German aircraft, the little village of Pipley in Hertfordshire bustles along much as it always has. Adrift since her best friend, George, joined the Royal Air Force, twenty-two-year-old Olive Bright fills her days by helping at her father’s veterinary practice and tending to her beloved racing pigeons. Desperate to do her bit, Olive hopes that the National Pigeon Service will enlist Bright Lofts’ expertise, and use their highly trained birds to deliver critical, coded messages for His Majesty’s Forces. The strangers who arrive in Pipley are not from the NPS. Instead, Jameson Aldridge and his associate are tied to a covert British intelligence organization known as Baker Street. If Olive wants her pigeons to help the war effort, she must do so in complete secrecy. Olive readily agrees, but in the midst of her subterfuge, local busybody Miss Husselbee is found dead outside Olive’s pigeon loft. Is the murder tied to Olive’s new assignment? Or did Miss Husselbee ferret out a secret shameful enough to kill for? With the gruff, handsome Jameson as an unlikely ally, Olive intends to find out—but homing in on a murderer can be a deadly business . . . “A delightful classic village mystery studded with little-known World War II facts: a promising series debut.” —Kirkus Reviews “[An] enjoyable series launch . . . Graves smoothly integrates the little-known story of the wartime pigeon service into the intriguing plot. Readers will look forward to seeing more of smart, energetic, and witty Olive.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Andrew D. Blechman
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0702236411

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Pigeons by Andrew D. Blechman Pdf

They have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of humankind, they have been crucial to wartime communications for every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. One delivered the results of the first Olympics in 776 BC and another brought the news of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo more than 2500 years later. Charles Darwin relied heavily upon them to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today the pigeon is reviled as a rat with wings. How did we come to misunderstand one of humanity's most steadfast companions?In Pigeons, Andrew D. Blechman travels across the United States and Europe in a quest to chronicle the bird's transformation from beloved friend to feathered outlaw.

Author : United States. Army. Signal Corps. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122875284

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Homing Pigeon, Care and Training for Military Purposes, February, 1920 by United States. Army. Signal Corps. War Department Pdf

Author : Tim Scherrer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1257161288

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War Pigeon! The Operations and Gear of the US Army Pigeon Corps by Tim Scherrer Pdf

The US Army Signal Pigeon Corps served from 1917-1957. During those four decades of distinguished service, the pigeoneers built a world class program that provided the Army reliable communications during WWI, WWII and the Korean War. Little is known about this important program that contributed so much to the Army efforts around the globe. The organization and gear are explored in detail in this unique study. Long forgotten photos from the National Archives and Signal Corps are seen for the first time in decades. The operations of the Signal Pigeon Company in WWII are detailed extensively. Nearly all of the Army pigeon gear is shown in this book. The operations of the Pigeon Corps during the Korean War and Cold War era are also documented. The US Army created 12 Signal Pigeon Companies during WWII with over 50,000 pigeons in their lofts. They served in the United States, Africa, Europe and Asia. Their winged messengers delivered 95% of their messages at speeds as high as 100 miles per hour. Many lives were saved as pigeons "got the message through." This amazing story needs to be told and understood.