Brieftauben Abteilung Ostende

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Brieftauben-Abteilung Ostende

Nationality:	German
Remarks:	A special German air unit formed during World War I under direct subordination to German high command and tasked with carrying out concentrated bombing operations

Brieftauben Abteilung Ostende (BAO), "Carrier Pigeon Section at Ostend", was a special German air unit formed early in World War I to carry out concentrated bombing operations. The BAO was directly subordinate to the German high command, Oberste Heersleitung (OHL), and had a strength of about four Flieger Abteilungen.