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Bombe Register Vol I, which had been on loan to the Historical Section. The Bombe...
Catalogue reference: HW 25/19
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This record is about the Bombe Register Vol I, which had been on loan to the Historical Section. The Bombe... dating from 1940 Jan 01-1951 Sep 04 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Cryptographic Studies. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 25/19
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jan 01-1951 Sep 04
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bombe Register Vol I, which had been on loan to the Historical Section. The Bombe registers were maintained by Harold Fletcher of Hut 6, Bletchley Park's main liaison officer with the Bombe production factory of British Tabulating Machine Co (BTM) at Letchworth. The registers recorded the initial delivery of each Bombe (with its allocated nickname) at Bletchley Park (listed as HQ or Outstation Park (OSP) and its Bombe outstations (OS) at Adstock (OSA), Eastcote (OSE), Gayhurst (OSG), Stanmore (OSS) and Wavendon (OSW). The registers also list the capability and characteristics of each Bombe. Pages 325-332 of Vol II provide a composite list of all Bombe deliveries, together with type and location.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Intelligence
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11034957/
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HW 25
Government Code and Cypher School: Cryptographic Studies
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