Mooch - Enigma, Bombes and Colussus at Bletchley Park

Mooch also found one of the German WW2 naval four-rotor Enigma machines. (23-Sep-2008)
Mooch monkey with a German Naval four-rotor Enigma cipher machine.

Mooch monkey with a German Naval four-rotor Enigma cipher machine.

There is a big collection of WW2 wireless equipment, some of these were used to listen to the German messages.
Mooch monkey with some of the WWII wireless radio equipment.

Mooch monkey with some of the WWII wireless radio equipment.

To decipher the Enigma messages was very difficult and Alan Turing developed a machine called a Bombe to help.
In 2007 a fully working Bombe was unveiled by the Bombe Rebuild Project
Over 200 Bombes were originally built , but all were destroyed by the government after the war.
The rebuilt Turing Bombe at Bletchley Park.

The rebuilt Turing Bombe at Bletchley Park.

Mooch was allowed to switch on the Bombe by one of the rebuild team.
Mooch monkey switches on the Turing Bombe.