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WWII Bletchley Park Enigma codebreaker Ruth Bourne dies aged 99
Ruth Bourne operated Bombe machines at Bletchley Park, helping break Nazi codes and earning France’s Legion d'honneur for her vital WWII contributions.
- Ruth Bourne, a 99-year-old World War Two codebreaker who worked at Bletchley Park, has died.
- She operated the Bombe machine, an electromechanical device built by Alan Turing to crack the Nazi Enigma code.
- Bourne's codebreaking work contributed to key Allied victories in World War Two and laid foundations for modern computers.
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