Historical Fiction
#colormotifchallenge- green well, blue-green
I never knew that carrier pigeons, or homing pigeons, were used by the British in WWII. This was an enjoyable and interesting read. I wish the author had delved into the work of the homing pigeons a little more.
Susan and her grandfather raise homing pigeons in England. They are asked to volunteer their pigeons for the war effort, to have the pigeons bring back intelligence to the British. Dutchess, Susan's pet pigeon, gets accidentally loaded onto the plane that will be dropping the pigeons over German- occupied France. How many of the thousands of pigeons will actually make it back?
Ollie , an American , tries to sign up with the RAF, but runs across a nasty British officer and Susan's grandfather steps in to save Ollie from jail time. So Ollie spends a few weeks at Susan's farm and gets to know her and her pigeons. Then when Ollie gets caught behind enemy lines ( no, I am not going to tell you how that happened.), Dutchess is able to get messages from Ollie to Susan./
A heart-warming story, maybe more little love story than actual historical fiction. I would love to know how the British were able to use any of the Intel that the pigeons were able to bring back.
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