Carrier Pigeons in the Bomber War

October’s Feature was a fabulous charcoal drawing of Lancaster gunners preparing for a raid on Berlin in December 1943. It was published in The Illustrated London News on 18 December 1943. The double-page spread was drawn by Captain Bryan de Grineau, a war artist. Sharp-eyed readers will have noticed, in one part of the drawing, a … Continue reading Carrier Pigeons in the Bomber War