important additional feature, the diagonal board that had been designed by Gordon Welchman. It was installed on 8 August 1940; "Victory" was later returned to Letchworth to have a diagonal board fitted. During 1940, 178 messages were broken on the two machines, nearly all successfully. Because of the danger of bombes at Bletchley Park being lost if there were to be a bombing raid, five bombe outstations were established, at Adstock, Gayhurst, Wavendon, Stanmore, and Eastcote. The bombe was referred to by Group Captain Winterbotham as a "Bronze Goddess" because of its colour. The devices were more prosaically described by operators as being "like great big metal bookcases". See also Cryptanalysis of the Enigma — detailing the part played by Harold Keen Ultra — detailing the intelligence gained from cryptanalysis of the Enigma and cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher Joseph Desch — the research director of the project to design and manufacture the US Navy version of the Bombe Notes References 1894 births 1973 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Bletchley Park people