Frederick William Winterbotham (1897–1990) was a British Royal Air Force officer who during World War II was responsible for the distribution of Ultra intelligence, gleaned chiefly by decryption of German Enigma machine ciphers at Bletchley Park, fifty miles northwest of London. Later, as an author, Winterbotham published the first popular account of Ultra.

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  • Frederick William Winterbotham (1897–1990) was a British Royal Air Force officer who during World War II was responsible for the distribution of Ultra intelligence, gleaned chiefly by decryption of German Enigma machine ciphers at Bletchley Park, fifty miles northwest of London. Later, as an author, Winterbotham published the first popular account of Ultra. Though written without access to official records, it was the first book written after the British official ban on references to Ultra had been lifted in spring 1974.
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  • Frederick William Winterbotham (1897–1990) was a British Royal Air Force officer who during World War II was responsible for the distribution of Ultra intelligence, gleaned chiefly by decryption of German Enigma machine ciphers at Bletchley Park, fifty miles northwest of London. Later, as an author, Winterbotham published the first popular account of Ultra.
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  • F. W. Winterbotham
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