Europigeons Directory

‘Dikke Blauwe’ Aarden, Jan1936

Name
‘Dikke Blauwe’ Aarden, Jan
Name
"Dikke Blauwe"
Owner/Breeder
Aarden, Jan (Aarden, Jan)
Ring No
NL36-37251
Nickname
Dikke Blauwe
Hatched 1936 2
Birth of a brother‘Fietsvlieger’ Aarden, Jan
1936
Birth of a brother‘Schoone Blauwe’ Aarden, Jan
1937 (Age 12 months)
Brief Note
"Dikke Blauwe" was one of the so called "Three Musketeers" the other two being "Fietsvlieger" NL36-37252 and "Schoone Blauwe" NL37-2128 all bred before the war from "Blauwe Ost-Roe" Belg34-621537 and "Oude Reyduvin" NL-3-28-c-1253. The "Three Musketeers" were seized together with their sire "Blauwe Ost-Roe" and formed the foundation of the Steenbergen Wehrmachtshok. "Dikke Blauwe" died during the war but "Schoone Blauwe" was one of the pigeons returned to Aarden when the occupation ended. "Fietsvlieger" also returned to the Aarden loft in 1946 under his own power.