Three paper items connected with the use of homing pigeons for military communication purposes. [1940s].
1. "Communication, Breeding Homing Pigeons and Their Use for Communication Purposes". April 1942. Typewritten and stenciled booklet containing information on the use of homing pigeons, breeding them, training them for communication roles, and more. Includes illustrations and charts. Printed on the reverse of military "concentrated training" / "home training" forms (in secondary use). [2], 30, [7] leaves.
2. "Individual card" - card for recording details about the pigeon (its background, function, movements and more). Partly filled in handwriting.
3. "The Pigeonote Book" by the "Israel Defense Force / Communications Service". The "pigeonote" book ("Pitkiyon" in Hebrew, combining the words "pitkit" - note - and "yona" - pigeon, designating the forms on which the messages carried by the pigeons were written). Instructions for writing a "pigeonote" are printed on the cover of the notebook.
The homing pigeon service of the Hagana was founded by Avraham Etz-Hadar in 1939 and called the "Pigeon Communication Department". With the founding of the IDF the homing pigeon unit of the Communications Corps was established, continuing operations until the mid-1950s.
Enclosed is part of a typewritten and stenciled booklet with detailed instructions regarding the breeding of homing pigeons and their use for military purposes (with numerous illustrations and diagrams).
Total of four items. Size and condition vary.