Using Ultra to research the Luftwaffe

[RodM]

This is a question primarily for Nick, or anyone else who has been working with the HW 5 files:

have you managed to have a look at HW 5/718 Unreported Documents 6/4/44 to 2/5/45.

For anyone that has tried to marry up the DEFE 3 signals to Allied Commands and the originating HW 5 signals for the 1944-45 period, it becomes obvious that the 'standard' bound HW 5 volumes do not contain all of the intercepted signals used as the basis of the signals to Allied Commands. In a small percentage of DEFE 3 signals and some of the T. reports, the originating information is given as 'unreported documents' and it is clear that this was a source of signals, some reasonably significant. that are not to be found in the standard volumes.

I suspect that these 'missing' signals can be found in HW 5/718, and are wondering if anyone has actually had a look at the file...

Cheers

Rod