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Homing pigeon in Middle East

Sgt. Ambler of the RAF, hands a homing pigeon to Pvt. Jim Tellis of Baltimore, Md., for delivery to a Ninth U.S. Air Force bomber in the Middle East. The birds are carried by Yank flyers and released with messages in case of failure of radio communications with home base. 376th Bomb Group, near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya.

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