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    ww2 carrier pigeon found with blechly message.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20164591



    The remains of a World War II carrier pigeon which was lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a top secret message over enemy lines has been found in a chimney in Surrey. The skeleton of the war veteran bird and the mysterious message it was carrying were discovered by David Martin when he opened a disused fireplace while renovating his home in Surrey. Code breakers at Bletchley Park are now frantically trying to decipher the deceased bird’s historic message.

    Colin Hill, a volunteer for the Royal Pigeon Racing Association and the curator of Bletchley Park’s permanent ‘Pigeons at War’ exhibition, said: “We have more than 30 messages from WWII carrier pigeons in our exhibition, but not one is in code. The message Mr Martin found must be highly top secret."

    what a fantastic message,wonder what it will say,hope its not 'socks wet send matches' !! lol
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    Nice find Fish. Paul

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    Saw this on te news this morning . real cool find

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    Wow what a find, but the message reads,, out of baccy send fags

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    Quote Originally Posted by butchthedog View Post
    Wow what a find, but the message reads,, out of baccy send fags
    I thought it said "send three and fourpence we are going to a dance"
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    'listen very carefully i shall say this only once....'
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    hello,
    I agree nice find. Sapper4038 Quote; I thought it said "send three and fourpence we are going to a dance"
    the old ones are the best
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    My Dad was in RAF WW2 as code & cypher operator on a Radio relay unit that followed up the front line during D-Day and beyond. He was always using the "send three and fourpence ...." message as an example of how voice messages used to get fu.... messed up !

    They never used Pigeons though just good old fashion morse ....... oh and they had a copy of an enigma machine as well !!!

    Wonder how long it will take break the code on this remarkable find !!
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    I'm no code breaker but the last bit of the message looks like a grid ref to me? Paul
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    Maybe its where the Pigeon was ment to go!! lol

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