Bletchley Park and the Pigeon Spies
Bernard O’Connor reveals how thousands of carrier pigeons fed intelligence to Bletchley Park and covert units.
- Author
- Bernard O’Connor
- Publisher
- Self-published
- Price
- Contact author
- ISBN
- 9780244666409
- Published
- 2018
Bletchley Park and the Pigeon Spies by Bernard O’Connor
More than 11,000 carrier pigeons served Britain’s intelligence community in WW2. Bernard O’Connor details how birds dropped with SOE agents, Special Duties squadrons and bomber crews carried vital messages back to Bletchley Park and MI14(d). Decoded reports flowed to SOE, SIS, MI9, the BBC, and even Churchill and de Gaulle.
The book concentrates on the pigeons supporting SOE and similar organisations, highlighting their role in maintaining radio silence and sustaining covert operations across occupied Europe.
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