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Old 27th May 2020, 3:06 pm   #30
Craig Sawyers
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Default Re: Code-Breakers:Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

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What were the British and allies using to signal to their troops ?
Typex

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Which had also been made compatible with an American system.

David
Wow. When I was working on the SZ42 there was an 80 year old cross dresser called Dorothy. He landed on the Normandy beaches at D+6, and his specialism was the Typex machines - fixing them, calibrating them. So guess what he was restoring at TNMOC? Yup - Typex machines. He also lent a hand with the SZ42 too.

A bit like Eddie Izzard - he was entirely heterosexual, married with children, but always liked to dress as a woman. Back in the days that it was very difficult or unwise to do so. Quite a character.

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