MBE for Bletchley codebreaker

[Andre Kesteloot]

This whole project  (and its eventual reconstruction, practically from 
scratch) in an incredible adventure.
Glad he was honored with an MBE

André
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On 12/31/2012 10:15 AM, John Teller wrote:
> The BBC also produced an excellent video titled "Code-Breakers: 
> Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes" based largely on the book "Colossus" by 
> Jack Copeland and others (many of whom were actually part of the 
> Lorenz/Tunny breaking campaign).  Capt. Roberts was interviewed at 
> Bletchley for the program.
>
> The book goes into great detail about how Tutte figured out how the 
> Lorenz produced its key stream and how he and others (e.g. Turin, 
> Flowers, etc.) worked to transform the methods of breaking into the 
> enciphered messages from a lengthy paper-and pencil exercise to a 
> routine, machine-based process largely handled by trained personnel 
> who were otherwise not cryptanalysts.
>
> There's also a bit in there by Tony Sale about the rebuild of Colossus 
> that he led for the National Museum of Computing.  Pretty neat stuff!
>
> ---JST
>
>
>
> On 12/30/2012 02:00 PM, Andre Kesteloot wrote:
>>
>> ** MBE for Bletchley codebreaker **
>> A World War II codebreaker who worked at Bletchley Park is appointed 
>> MBE in the New Year Honours.
>> < http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20859561 >
>>
>>
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>>
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