Catalogue description Bombe Register Vol I, which had been on loan to the Historical Section. The Bombe...

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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.
Date: 1940 Jan 01-1951 Sep 04
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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