ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: Orm
Q: What was the purpose of the British "Falcon (Interceptor) Unit"?
No idea, so guessing, and putting ALOT of weight on the name of the unit here [:D]
-it's main purpose was to hunt down Axis mail pidgeons!
Am I close?
You are indeed correct.
Britain conscripted birds into service. They also had "National Pidgeon Service" and "Falcon Control Unit" to protect the carrier pidgeons.
The biggest operation during the war for birds was in the Italian Campaign when US sent over 10000 messages with pidgeons because the mountainous terrain limited radio communications.
-Orm