My plane is shoot down , i need

[NiiranenVR]

Help ....! 

 

So ....... What special do You see on this photo ?

Its ppl who are waiting to a trip to germany  in a Lancaster in 42 

[Voidhunger]

Im little confused by the topic and the question, but I have to admit that my English is bad.

Pigeons trapped in portable speakers?

 

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by Voidhunger

[SYN_Luftwaffles]

• Looks like carrier pigeons

[NiiranenVR]

Yes - its really news for me that  they have pigeons with them in the bombers 

[-SF-Disarray]

They are for messaging. If the plane goes down they send the pidgins out with messages to help rescuers find them. The birds are specially conditioned to fly back to a certain place, typically the home base of the bomber. 

[kissklas]

1 hour ago, Voidhunger said:

Im little confused by the topic and the question, but I have to admit that my English is bad.

Pigeons trapped in portable speakers?

 

 

No, that is actually the speaker element. They used specially trained birds to sing the latest hit. The box is for resonance.

 

You should have seen the one with dedicated bass pidgeons.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

8 hours ago, Disarray said:

They are for messaging. If the plane goes down they send the pidgins out with messages to help rescuers find them. The birds are specially conditioned to fly back to a certain place, typically the home base of the bomber. 

 

The pigeons were also to inform HQ about mission progress...

[Feathered_IV]

I'm familiar with the pigeons.  However I'm genuinely surprised to see the aircrew dumping their parachutes willy nilly on the ground.

[sniperton]

In full earnest, what were those pigeons used for? I only read about their deployment in see rescue operations, as they could spot small boots and rafts more easily than any human.

Edited August 8, 2018 by sniperton

[Cpt_Siddy]

9 hours ago, kissklas said:

No, that is actually the speaker element. They used specially trained birds to sing the latest hit. The box is for resonance.

 

You should have seen the one with dedicated bass pidgeons.

 

 

Ah, the bass pigeon, the mythical beast of audio world. Must have for any serious audiophile, i heard there was even murders over possession of viable breeding pair. 

[-SF-Disarray]

37 minutes ago, sniperton said:

In full earnest, what were those pigeons used for? I only read about their deployment in see rescue operations, as they could spot small boots and rafts more easily than any human.

 

They were used for long range communication when outside of radio range or if the equipment failed. The birds could be trained or conditioned to fly back to one place fairly reliably and are capable of covering ground fairly quickly. So if a bomber crew had a message that needed to get back home but were out of range they could send a bird and the message would get back home before the bomber would. I guess if they got lonely they could also have a little pet for them in the plane. But I don't know if pidgins make good pets.

[Bundook]

Here is the story of an RAF pigeon awarded the Dickin medal for saving a crew that had ditched in the sea:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-17138990

[SharpeXB]

Maybe Battlefield V will have a pigeon mission!

[[CPT]milopugdog]

1 hour ago, SharpeXB said:

Maybe Battlefield V will have a pigeon mission!

Maybe with the second phase of DLC. Can't wait to see the customization options; I want mine to be a bald eagle!

[kissklas]

5 minutes ago, [CPT]milopugdog said:

Maybe with the second phase of DLC. Can't wait to see the customization options; I want mine to be a bald eagle!

 

It'll deliver only freedom.

[NiiranenVR]

I was talking with my father, and her said that There was trained peregines too , to stop the pigeons ......

 

And the Germans had the pigeons too : https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=50909&hilit=Normandy