KE0FFT“Former #WW2 #military station to be sold in 2030” ~ 20th December 2023, 08:25 CST ~ Lewis Adams, BBC News, Bedfordshire. ~ “A military station once home to a top-secret #WorldWarTwo #ListeningPost could be sold from 2030, the government announced.
#MoDChicksands, near Shefford in Bedfordshire, was a #Ystation, which intercepted and logged coded enemy transmissions. #WWII #MilitaryHistory #ElephantCage #RAFChicksands #Chicksands
At 12:29 in the podcast, there’s info about a specific encrypted German Police message - transmitted in #Morsecode during #WWII - which was intercepted by the #ChicksandsPriory #Ystation - then forwarded to #BletchleyPark for decryption - through which the Allies heard ( for the 1st time through #SIGINT ) about horrific mass killings of Jews that were happening across Europe at the time. #RAFChicksands #ChicksandsRAFB #Chicksands #WWIIhistory #MilitaryIntelligence #SignalsIntelligence #Holocaust
