The Ultra Spy
The Autobiography of Winston Churchill’s Personal Liaison with Bletchley Park
$77.38
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2025
Summary
Few people had a career that spanned two world wars and which involved some of the most dramatic and dangerous moments of the 20th century. Group Captain Frederick Winterbotham CBE, however, was one of them.
Following the outbreak of war in the summer of 1914, a young Frederick, then still just 17 years old and only freshly back from a trip around the world, enlisted in the ranks of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry. Soon, though, Winterbotham’s thoughts turned in a new direc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036135348 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036135349 |
| Author: | Frederick William Winterbotham CBE |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 466g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Frederick William Winterbotham CBE
Born on 16 April 1897, FREDERICK WILLIAM WINTERBOTHAM was educated at Oxford University. In the First World War he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, but was shot down over the Western Front in 1917, spending the rest of the war in captivity. Early in 1930, Winterbotham joined the Air Staff and was officially assigned a role as a liaison officer; unofficially he served in the Air Department of the British Secret Service. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he established a new organisation for the translation, distribution and security of Ultra at Bletchley Park. In 1943 he was awarded the CBE, and attained the rank of Group Captain. He died of natural causes on 28 January 1990, aged 92.
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