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Clayton, Aileen. Foreword By Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier. ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
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Clayton, Aileen. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier. THE ENEMY IS LISTENING. THE STORY OF THE Y SERVICE.
Crecy, n.p., (1993).
381 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN: 0947554289 Map endpapers, b&w photographs, maps. "The story is told by Aileen Clayton who was selected to work with the Y-Service, the branch of the RAF responsible for the interception of enemy communications, at the beginning of the war. Known at the time as 'Mike' Morris, she was the first WAAF to be commissioned as an intelligence officer and was the first to be awarded the MBE for her service in this field. Her account of the d evelopment of the Y-Service and its activities in the Battle of Britain, in the Western Desert, the Middle East and the Mediterranean is a major contribution to our knowledge of the intelligence aspects of the Second World War. It is also the d r a m a tic and frequently moving story of a very young woman doing often dangerous and increasingly complex work in what was then very much a man's world, and of a body of talented, devoted and courageous men and women whose work frequently took th em i nt o front line conditions, whether they were suffering aerial bombardment on the South Coast of England, or advancing with the tanks in the Western Desert, or taking part in the landings at Salerno and Anzio. Because of the secrecy in wh i ch the ir wor k was shrouded during the war and for years afterwards their contribution to the Allied war effort has gone largely unrecognised. (This book) is finally and above all a tribute by a remarkable woman to a tenacious and gifted band of m en and wom en." D ust jacket has minor wrinklng at top of rear hinge, minor rubbing. Fine/Very Good+
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