November 2013

Mavis Batey, one of Bletchley Park’s leading female

Codebreakers, died this week at the age of 92.

Mavis’s work on Enigma was crucial to the Royal Navy’s

victory at Matapan in 1941 and the success of the D-Day

landings in 1944. She was part of Dilly Knox’s team, working on

as-yet unbroken codes and ciphers.

In this Bletchley Park Podcast Extra, we can hear her

chatting with Bletchley Park historian and author Michael

Smith.

Many thanks to Michael Smith, Matt Rawlinson & The Open

University for allowing us to share this with you.

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