Royal
Air Force Operations in Middle East and North Africa, 1940-43
Armoured
cars and vehicles rest on the track between Lahej and Musemir in the mountains
of Southern Arabia, during a reconnaissance patrol by the RAF Armoured Car
Section, based at Khormaksar, Aden. Photo
taken by RAF Official Photographer. Imperial
War Museum © IWM (CM 5249)
(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The
National Archives, Kew, UK
Catalog numbers: AIR23/998
#138, #139, #144
On February 13, 2020, Alan
Turing’s nephew, Dermot Turing, gave a talk about his latest book X, Y and Z, The Real Story of How Enigma
Was Broken at the International Spy
Museum. You can listen to the talk on
the C Span 3 website. Search Dermot
Turing in the search box near the top of the home page. This will take you to the page where you can
click on the blue play button next to “Breaking the German Enigma Code.” The talk includes questions and is about 98
minutes long. Turing does an excellent job of giving the Poles the credit they
deserve for their contribution to breaking Enigma. Sadly, the talk was given on the 90th
anniversary of the death of Christopher Morcom, Alan Turing’s brilliant and inspirational
friend. They met in 1928 at Sherborne School.
Christopher died unexpectedly on February 13, 1930. To learn more about their friendship, check
out the documentary Codebreaker releasd
in 2012.
Below is a link to the talk:
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