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LONDON - 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.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/02/skeleton-carrier-pigeon-found-in-uk-chimney-still-attached-to-mysterious-ww2/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz2BKeATmKU
Pretty cool stuff. I spent an afternoon at Bletchley Park last fall when visiting Europe and saw the replica of the Colossus computer. They had a small carrier pigeon exhibit as well in the building that Alan Turing's office was in.
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.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/02/skeleton-carrier-pigeon-found-in-uk-chimney-still-attached-to-mysterious-ww2/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz2BKeATmKU
Pretty cool stuff. I spent an afternoon at Bletchley Park last fall when visiting Europe and saw the replica of the Colossus computer. They had a small carrier pigeon exhibit as well in the building that Alan Turing's office was in.
