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'Paradogs' lured with meat out of aircraft behind enemy lines in WWII
Breaking Newstags: World War II, Telegraph (UK), dogs, paratroopers, canines
Lance Corporal Ken Bailey was asked to train up the “paradogs” so they could be used as the “eyes and ears” of the soldiers on the ground.
The dogs, which would be given minimal food and water before the jump, were being prepared to parachute into Normandy for D-Day landing and would freeze if they heard a sound.
They were also trained to become familiar with loud noises and smells such as cordite, the explosive powder.
Their handlers would carry a piece of meat in their pockets on the aircraft so as they parachuted out the “paradogs” would jump out after them.
The documents written by L/Cpl Bailey, who served in the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion and was from Liverpool, were discovered by Andrew Woolhouse, who spent five years researching his book....
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