Kathleen Godfrey, the Glossary
Kathleen Margaret Godfrey (marred names Kinmonth and Warren; 30 October 1922 – 19 October 2015) was a British Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer who served in two highly secretive roles during the Second World War; the first as a radio operator for radar and then at Hut 3 of Bletchley Park working to extract intelligence from cracked Enigma ciphers.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Bletchley Park, Hut 3, John Henry Godfrey, M (James Bond), Neville Chamberlain, Radar, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, World War II.
- Women's Auxiliary Air Force officers
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.
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Hut 3
Hut 3 was a section of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park during World War II.
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John Henry Godfrey
Admiral John Henry Godfrey CB (10 July 1888 – 29 August 1970) was an officer of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy, specialising in navigation.
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M (James Bond)
M is a codename held by a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond book and film series; the character is the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service for the agency known as MI6.
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Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
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Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Women's Auxiliary Air Force officers
- Alix d'Unienville
- Ann McMullan
- Anne Stephens (WRAF officer)
- Anne-Marie Walters
- Daphne Pearson
- Diana Elles, Baroness Elles
- Diana Rowden
- Dorothy Garrod
- Eileen Younghusband (WAAF officer)
- Elizabeth Watkins
- Ellice Eadie
- Elspeth Green
- Felicity Hill
- Felicity Peake
- Henrietta Barnett (WRAF officer)
- Ingrid Holford
- Jane Trefusis Forbes
- Jean Bird
- Jean Conan Doyle
- Joyce Collin-Smith
- Judy Pickard
- Kathleen Godfrey
- Krystyna Skarbek
- Lady Lettice Ashley-Cooper
- Lilian Rolfe
- Marjorie Lynch
- Mary Bailey (aviator)
- Mary Eily de Putron
- Mary Garson (nun)
- Mary Grierson
- Mary Katherine Herbert
- Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch
- Mary Welsh
- Molly Allott
- Muriel Byck
- Nancy Salmon
- Noor Inayat Khan
- Paddy O'Sullivan
- Pamela Barton
- Philippa Marshall
- Phyllis Latour
- Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
- Rosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford
- Sarah Churchill (actress)
- Sonya Butt
- Vera Atkins
- Yvonne Baseden
- Yvonne Cormeau
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Godfrey
Also known as Kathleen Margaret Godfrey.