Jean Annette Watters

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media-34866.jpeg UPL 34866 Jean Watters (nee Briggs), Women's Royal Naval Service, and wife of John Watters

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Object Number - UPL 34866 - Jean Watters (nee Briggs), Women's Royal Naval Service, and wife of John Watters

Jean  (Nee Briggs) was born in Bury St Edmunds and joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as soon as she turned 18. She worked at Eastcote, a satellite of Bletchley Park, operating the machines which helped the Allies crack encrypted German messages. Her work was so secret that she did not tell her family about it for 30 years. Her husband remembered, ‘I turned to Jeanie and I said “you mean to tell me after six children, dragging you all over the world, you couldn’t tell me?” and she says “No, I signed the Official Secrets Act and I couldn’t.”’

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Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Assistant Operations Officer

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15 September 2018

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