Bletchley Park

E23 - The Transformation of Bletchley Park


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June 2014

The transformation of Bletchley Park is now complete & on

the 18th of June, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge will visit
to launch the completed restoration. In this month’s episode
we take you inside Code breaking Huts 3 and 6 & the new
Block C Visitor Centre with the first people to see them
restored to their wartime glory; the Veterans themselves.

We join RAF Veteran Sergeant Bernard Morgan when he

met his modern day equivalent, RAF Aerospace Battle
Manager, Flight Lieutenant Vikki Thorpe, on a recent visit
to Bletchley Park. He shares his D-Day memories with us
& finally gets to use the once Top Secret Type X machine
that he used to help direct aircraft in the days following the
Normandy landings; that he thought he would never
see again.

The importance of Bletchley Park’s role in the D-Day

deception should not be underestimated. Senior Archivist,
Richard Lewis & founding member of the Bletchley Park
Trust, Peter Wescombe, explain how messages decrypted
at Bletchley Park showed that the feint had been swallowed
whole, leading Germany to believe that the invasion would
be at the Pas de Calais rather than Normandy. A new
exhibition, Secrets Revealed - Introducing Bletchley Park,
uncovers the Government Code and Cypher School’s
involvement in D Day in depth.

Picture: ©shaunarmstrong/mubsta.com

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