Using Ultra to research the Luftwaffe

[Bruce Dennis]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

For my money the translators, analysts and clerks who maintained the card indexes and glossaries of technical terms are the unsung heroes of all this.

Absolutely. As I understand it, sometimes the translation was done by the Officer of the Watch. I imagine that this was a case of utilising the resources available, i.e. if the OoW was fluent, why not?

Otherwise, it was handed to the legion of 'hidden heroes' including refugees and academics who worked round the clock.

Bruce