Alan Turing, The Bombe, Gordon Welchman, and Harold Keen red and black plaque
Overview
Alan Turing, The Bombe, Gordon Welchman, and Harold Keen red and black plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England City Of Milton Keynes. This red and black commemorative plaque records: Engineering Heritage Award The Bombe Bletchley Park Completed in 2007 using the original blueprints. An electromechanical device designed by A Turing, G Welchman and H Keen, used in cracking the German Enigma code during the Second World War.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This red and black commemorative plaque records: Engineering Heritage Award The Bombe Bletchley Park Completed in 2007 using the original blueprints.
People and events
The saved account records: An electromechanical device designed by A Turing, G Welchman and H Keen, used in cracking the German Enigma code during the Second World War.
How it worked
The saved account records: The 200 Bombes built by the British Tabulating Machine Company played a pivotal role in winning the war.
What remains
The official record fixes the place and calls it Commemorative plaque. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Alan Turing, The Bombe, Gordon Welchman, and Harold Keen red and black plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Engineering Heritage Award The Bombe Bletchley Park Completed in 2007 using the original blueprints. An electromechanical device designed by A Turing, G Welchman and H Keen, used in cracking the German Enigma code during the Second World War. The 200 Bombes built by the British Tabulating Machine Company played a pivotal role in winning the war. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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